Nursing Research: Facilitated Discussion

Running head: NURSING RESEARCH: FACILITATED DISCUSSION
NURSING RESEARCH: FACILITATED DISCUSSION
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NURSING RESEARCH: FACILITATED DISCUSSION1
Introduction
The following paper will briefly discuss on the way in which nursing leadership and
professional roles are related with nursing code of ethics at the national level, such as the
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), using an evidence-based, peer-reviewed research article.
Discussion
The peer reviewed article so selected is the experiment conducted by Regan, Laschinger
and Wong (2016), which evaluated the role of nursing leadership, nursing empowerment and
environment of professional practice in influencing nurses’ perceptions of inter-disciplinary
collaboration. The study was conducted across 220 registered nurses working across healthcare
organizations situated in Ontario, Canada. Participants were selected randomly and were
requested to complete a questionnaire assessing these outcomes. The results revealed that high
rates of practice of nursing leadership, nursing empowerment and environment of professional
practice were associated with 45% of variance in nurses’ perceptions of inter-professional
collaboration (Regan, Laschinger & Wong, 2016),
Such findings can be closely related to the Nursing Code of Ethics A developed by the
CNA, which necessitates registered nurses to collaboratively work with nursing colleagues as
well as health professionals working in inter-disciplinary fields such as occupational health,
policy formulators, unions and healthcare safety workers during critical clinical and emergency
responses (CNA, 2017). Such collaborative functioning by nursing leaders will pave the way for
the deliverance of patient care services which are safe and of high quality (Orchard et al., 2017).
The research by Regan, Laschinger and Wong (2016), also postulates the need for nurse
leaders to incorporate accessible educational resources of effective inter-professional practice in