Disciplines and Occupations

Clinical Nursing Research

Research carried out by nurses in the clinical setting and designed to provide information that will help improve patient care. Other professional staff may also participate in the research.

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Abstract

Research carried out by nurses in the clinical setting and designed to provide information that will help improve patient care. Other professional staff may also participate in the research.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Clinical Practice Nursing Research
  • Clinical Research, Nursing
  • Nursing Clinical Research
  • Nursing Research, Clinical
  • Research, Clinical Nursing
  • Research, Nursing Clinical

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

91(89); was see under NURSING RESEARCH 1989-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing or specific nursing (1966-1988)
  • Research (1966-1988)

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NLM Classification

WY 20.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clinical Nursing Research. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015400. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015400
  2. Clinical Nursing Research. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68591547