Introduction:

It is necessary for nurses to have research skills to solve problems and needs in health management.

Objective:

To identify the relationship between research skills and health management in nurses from Arequipa-Caylloma Health Network.

Methods:

Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study carried out, during the year 2017, with the Arequipa-Caylloma Network in Arequipa, Peru. The study universe was made up of 153 nursing professionals, with the application of the finite population formula for qualitative variable. By simple random sampling, a sample of ninety nurses was obtained. The study variables were research skills and nursing health management. To obtain the information, the researcher used two questionnaires. For the analysis of absolute frequency distributions and percentages, as well as for the association of variables, the chi-square test was used, with a significance level of P < 0.05.

Results:

Nurses with a regular level of investigative skills (47.77%) and health management skills (45.55%) predominated. The nonparametric statistic chi-square test permitted to find a significant association (P = 0.001) between the variables of investigative skills and health management.

Conclusion:

Although regular levels of management and research skills predominated in nurses from Arequipa-Caylloma Health Network, a significant relationship was found between the variables of research skills and health management.

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