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THE RESEARCH CULTURE in nursing has evolved in the last 150 years, beginning with Nightingale’s work in the mid-1850s and culminating in the creation of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institues of Health (NIH).
A look back at key events and milestones in NINR history, since the Institute's founding as the National Center for Nursing Research in 1985.
THE RESEARCH CULTURE in nursing has evolved in the last 150 years, beginning with Nightingale's work in the mid-1850s and culminating in the creation of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institues of Health (NIH).
Nursing research began when Florence Nightingale accumulated and analyzed complex information about conditions during the Crimean War (1854-56). Although her work illustrated the power of statistics to reform nursing, her insistence that nurses undertake systematic inquiry was ignored by late 19th century training school administrators.
The evolution of clinical research traverses a long and fascinating journey. The recorded history of clinical trials goes back to the biblical descriptions in 500 BC. The journey moves from dietary therapy – legumes and lemons – to drugs.
In this issue, an article by professor Ying-Ju Chang and colleagues at National Cheng Kung University presents an evidence-based practice curriculum for undergraduate nursing students developed using an action research-based model.
Despite a tradition dating back to Florence Nightingale, nursing research emerged as a systematic study and assessment of nursing issues only in the last 50 years. Nursing education's shift from hospital training schools to academic settings made possible, even mandated, the development of nursing as a scientific discipline.