Although research in home health care nursing has increased, scant attention has been focused on the scope or depth of this body of science. In fact, few nurse researchers reported on home care science at the 1999 State of the Science conference. What are the research priorities for this area of community health nursing and what type of research is being conducted? To address these questions, a study was conducted to identify and quantify the current state of science in home care nursing. Using research reports published in refereed journals between 1980 through 1999, a content analysis was completed to identify the following: (1) clinical area investigated within the specialty, (2)focus: client, provider, management, organizational community, and (3)the client focus (individual, family, group, community). Data analysis procedures including reduction techniques will be summarized. Data were analyzed for patterns and themes, thematic scope and depth, and change over time. Using data from this study and from NINR, HHNA, ACHNE, NAHC, and Healthy People 2010, future trends will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the types of research conducted in home health care nursing over the last 20 years. 2. Discuss patterns and themes in research in home health care nursing. 3. Summarize the incongruencies between actual areas of published science and priorities in the discipline. 4. Discuss future research initiatives to address priority areas
Keywords: Home Care,
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