2025 Volume 29 Issue 1 Pages 28-37
This study aimed to elucidate nurses' needs for nursing research and challenges faced while promoting research. We developed a research support system in collaboration with the nursing department and university research department. Using a questionnaire survey, we investigated nursing managers' perceptions of research before and after using the research support system. We facilitated and organized projects on nursing research, and the research needs of hospital nursing departments, university Faculty members who belong to the research department of the university, certified nurse specialists, and certified nurses were shared and matched. The research support system reduced the number of respondents who deemed "lack of support for conducting research" as the most common reason for their "motivation and difficulties in conducting nursing research." More-over, items such as "time available to spend on research," "training research supervisors," "supporting staff in research," and "nursing managers' own feelings" showed no significant changes. Furthermore, no changes in the environment for conducting research were observed. However, collaboration between the nursing department and research Divisions influenced the nursing managers' thinking and be-havior toward research. Thus, in the future, the nursing managers should collaborate with the university research divisions to learn the process of research and create a research system to support their research.
