Identifying nursing research priorities in Vietnam: a modified Delphi study
Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Dec 31, 2019
Page range: 249 - 259
Received: Apr 25, 2019
Accepted: Jul 02, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0044
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Objective
There is no single study that has examined nursing research priorities in Vietnam. This study aimed to gain consensus from experts on the nursing research priorities in Vietnam.
Methods
A three-round modified Delphi study was used in this study. A focus group discussion among experts was conducted in round I to identify the nursing research priorities (
Results
The top 12 research priority lists were identified, which included subthemes and areas of possible investigations. All priorities were classified into three groups in the rank order, namely: (i) nursing management and leadership, which included (1) nursing care quality, (2) management and leadership of nurse managers, (3) nursing image, (4) professional nurse competency, and (5) human resource management; (ii) nursing education, which included (1) knowledge-specific domain, (2) the linkage between education and practice, and (3) nurse teacher workforce; and (iii) nursing service, which included (1) adult nursing concern, (2) patient safety, (3) public health nursing concern, and (4) quality of life of patients and nurses.
Conclusions
Consensus among experts was achiever, and the findings are considered as the basis of resources to the most essential research needs in Vietnam.