Research Priorities in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing : Funding Availability, Recently Published Work, and Future Directions for Advancing Our Science

BACKGROUND: Identifying and sharing psychiatric mental health (PMH) research priorities can help identify gaps in the literature, determine training needs for nurses, and assist investigators in locating funding.

AIMS: The aims for this project included: (1) identify PMH nursing specialty research priorities from large, public funding entities; (2) compare the identified research priorities and scholarly articles published in 2020; and (3) outline future directions for advancing the science of PMH nursing.

METHODS: Strategic plans of funding entities for PMH research were reviewed for research priorities. Summarized priorities were then compared with publications from peer-reviewed PMH nursing journals. Work conducted in the United States was extracted and categorized as original research, evidence-based practice (EBP), or quality improvement (QI), then design and population.

RESULTS: Priorities from 13 funding entities comprised three domains (education, research, and practice), with nine areas, 30 topics, and subtopics. Eight journals produced 432 articles with 99 (23%) conducted in the United States. Among these journals, publications fitting research priorities ranged from 1 to 33 articles. Of the 99 articles, 85% were original research and 15% were either EBP or QI. Descriptive articles comprised 64% and 23% tested interventions. Populations studied included workforce; adults; infants, children, and adolescents; and parents.

CONCLUSIONS: All published articles by the U.S. PMH nurses matched the funding priorities, but not all funding priorities were addressed by 2020 publications. The majority of work was conducted outside of the United States and most published from the United States was descriptive, contrary to many United States funders' priorities for interventional research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association - 30(2024), 2 vom: 23. März, Seite 210-220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mechling, Brandy [VerfasserIn]
Ali Muhammad Ali Charania, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Paun, Olimpia [VerfasserIn]
Lewin, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Bostrom, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Mumba, Mercy [VerfasserIn]
Niitsu, Ko [VerfasserIn]
Ahern, Nancy [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Evidence-based practice
Journal Article
Quality improvement
Research design and methodology
Review

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/10783903221124160

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346872553