Albara Alomari Director of nursing research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Kalpana Singh Senior epidemiologist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Nesiya Hassan Research nurse scientist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Kamaruddeen Mannethodi Research nurse, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Jibin Kunjavara Research nurse, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
George Vellaramcheril Joy Research nurse scientist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Badriya Al Lenjawi Executive director of nursing research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Why you should read this article

• To understand why there is less nursing research in the Middle East than in other countries

• To explore an innovative approach to overcome the lack of research knowledge

• To appreciate how increasing research capacity can benefit nurses and evidence-based practice

Background The main barrier to engaging nurses in research is the lack of research knowledge and skills.

Aim To explore the influence of research workshops on the research orientation of nurses in a large referral hospital in Qatar.

Discussion This article describes a cross-sectional study involving 564 nurses working in 14 health facilities who attended research workshops in Qatar. The authors collected data using the Edmonton Research Orientation Survey (EROS) as well as questions considering support and barriers to research. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise and determine the sample characteristics and distribution of participants. The participants who attended the workshop were found to have a higher orientation towards the EROS sub-scales of evidence-based practice, valuing of research, involvement in research, being at the leading edge of the profession and support for research, compared to those who did not attend the workshop. There was no statistical difference between the groups in the research barrier sub-scale.

Conclusion Despite significant improvements in their responses to the EROS research orientation sub-scales after attending the workshop, the nurses still reported many barriers to being actively engaged in research.

Implications for practice Healthcare organisations should assist with integrating evidence-based practice into healthcare. There is a need for research education for clinical nurses to bring evidence into clinical practice to improve the quality of patient outcomes. Increasing the research capacity of nurses will lead to their emancipation in addressing the flaws in clinical practice and motivate them to use evidence in patient care.

Nurse Researcher. 31, 1, 9-16. doi: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1863

Correspondence

aalomari5@hamad.qa

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