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Nurse-Identified Patient Care And Health Services Research Priorities In The United Arab Emirates: A Delphi Study, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-Tamimi, Maria Brenner, Hanan Al Tawil, Alaa Ahmad, Sharon Brownie, Shameran Slewa-Younan
Nurse-Identified Patient Care And Health Services Research Priorities In The United Arab Emirates: A Delphi Study, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-Tamimi, Maria Brenner, Hanan Al Tawil, Alaa Ahmad, Sharon Brownie, Shameran Slewa-Younan
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Background: The need for improved research on ill health has been recognized internationally and locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council recently committed to enhancing the status and contributions of nursing in healthcare research across the UAE by establishing a National Committee for Research Development. This study using a Delphi method to identify research priorities from the perspective of nurses delivering frontline healthcare.
Methods: A two-phase Delphi design was implemented with 1032 nurses participating in phase one of the study and 1339 in phase two.
Results: The most important priority was patient safety and …