1Associate Professor and HOD, Department of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing Manipal, Manipal University
2F/o Dean AECS Maruthi College of Nursing, Bangalore
*Corresponding author: Dr Shashidhara YN Associate Professor and HOD, Dept of Community Health Nursing Manipal College of Nursing Manipal. Karnataka 576104 shashidhara.yn@manipal.edu Mobile: +919886344627
Online published on 4 January, 2017.
The objective of the study was to assess the awareness regarding Nursing research and its utilization among Staff Nurses and Nurse Educators of selected institutions in Bangalore.
The descriptive research design was adopted with sample of 300 staff nurses from 8 hospitals and 200 nurse educators from 20 Nursing institutions. The validated and reliable awareness questionnaire was used as an instrument.
The awareness mean score of staff nurses were 21.54 and SD of 7.47, Nurse Educators mean score was 35.22 and the SD of 10.37, Mean difference of 13.6. With the t value 17.12, (P<0.001).
It is essential for staff nurses to update their knowledge on Nursing research and its utilization for better practice.
Awareness, Knowledge, Nursing Research, Research utilization, staff Nurses, Nurse Educators
