The Importance of Nursing Research
The main goal in the nursing profession is to provide quality care to people by helping them achieve their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Since nurses are interested in developing the person as a whole, it is important that nurses are able to properly asses the patient in order to obtain valuable data. Once the data has been analyzed, nurses can now make nursing diagnoses based on the patient's response. In addition, many nurses use past experience and knowledge to determine the best interventions to improve the patient's needs. However, I believe we should take it a step forward by using research as part of our care. Research will help as aquire new knowledge on certain skills, will learn information that will help us become a better advocate for our patients, and most importantly, will learn new ways to deliever compassionate care based on the patient's culture.