TY - SER TI - Investigación y enfermería SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa N2 - How can the research results be used in the clinical, pedagogical and administrative field in nursing? In Switzerland, in 1983, under the title of Workgroup of European Nurse-Rescorchers, the issue was discussed. The organization was carried out by an acquaintance of ROL, the expert Rosette Poletti, delegated in this case by the Swiss Association of Nurses. Apart from the observers (WHO Europe, Nordic Federation of Nurses and Swiss Red Cross) there were representatives from Austria, West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Greece and Israel. This work -written from a communication presented at the meeting- tries to point out what nursing research is and what it is for ER -