Doing clinical research: the challenges and benefits.

The need for research in practice is well documented within nursing and other health care disciplines. This acceptance is predicated on the belief that clinically applied research will inform and improve practice and health service delivery resulting in better outcomes for consumers and their families. Nurses, however, find doing clinical research challenging.

Implementing family-centred care: an exploration of the beliefs and practices of paediatric nurses.

Objective: This study explored paediatric nurses' perceptions of how they include and involve parents in the care of hospitalised children.

Design: This qualitative study used individual unstructured interviews to gather data, the data was analysed using thematic coding.

Setting: Paediatric wards within two regional area health services of New South Wales, Australia.