PSYCHIATRIC NURSING OUTCOME RESEARCH - THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE

A review of the nursing literature from 1989 to 1994 indicates that fe w psychiatric nursing studies are published in the major nursing resea rch journals, The psychiatric specialization literature includes a lar ge number of studies that are classified as either outcome studies or could serve as building blocks for future outcome studies, Few studies build on prior research, resulting in a weak scientific basis for eva luating the outcomes of psychiatric nursing care, Strategies for incre asing the quantity and quality of psychiatric nursing outcome research are presented. Copyright (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company