Clinical research in nursing: contributions for technological innovation

contribuições para inovação tecnológica

Authors

  • Edivane Pedrolo Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem ; Instituto Federal do Paraná, edivanepedrolo@gmail.com
  • Franciane Schneider Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem ; Fundação de Estudos das Doenças do Fígado Koutoulas Ribeiro, Hospital São Vicente , franciane_06@yahoo.com.br
  • Franciele Soares Pott Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem , franzinha_soares@yahoo.com.br
  • Elaine Cristina Rinaldi Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem , ecrisrinaldi@yahoo.com.br
  • Marineli Joaquim Meier Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Enfermagem ; UFPR, Programa de Pós-Graduação grupo de pesquisa TIS , mmarineli@ufpr.br
  • Mitzy Tannia Reichembach Danski Universidade Federal do Paraná, profa.mitzy@ufpr.br

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2316-9389.2012.v16.50304

Keywords:

Nursing, Technology, Innovation, Clinical Nursing Research

Abstract

Clinical research is a systematic study that follows scientific methods applicable to humans. The purpose of this study is to identify the contributions of clinical research for technological innovation in nursing. It is an operational integrative review study. Search was performed in Lilacs, Medline and BDENF databases, associated with manual search of publications. Areas with a significant number of articles were: Adult Health (44%) and Women Health (14%). Only 8% of the publications resulted in technological innovation, which is evidence of the poor contribution of clinical research to nursing scientific literature. In conclusion, the nursing scientific production is limited to soft and soft-hard technologies. Furthermore, the publications related to production and development of materials and equipment are incipient. It is important to emphasize the relevance of such publications since they allow acquisition, production and enhancement of knowledge.

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Published

2012-09-01

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Review

How to Cite

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Clinical research in nursing: contributions for technological innovation: contribuições para inovação tecnológica. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2012 Sep. 1 [cited 2026 Feb. 6];16(3). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50304

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