In spite of many ways to achieve level of mastery is a profession, they all are common in acknowledging knowledge as an essential factor. Conducting research is one of the most reliable and accepted ways to gain the knowledge. The role researcher has been recently confirmed as one of the different roles played by nurses. However, there are evidences that nurses mainly rely on traditional methods rather than academic findings. Statistics show negligence of role of researchers and paucity of such projects in the profession of nursing. The present descriptive-analytical work was conducted to illustrate nurses’ perception of the research and obstacles. A case study including nursing staff in hospitals under supervision of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences was studied in the research. Statistic sample was all nurses working in the six hospitals (n=300). A researcher-designed questionnaire was used for data gathering after ascertaining its validity and reliability. For data analyzing descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and T test were utilized. The results showed that females constitute the majority of nurses (88.6%). participants were at 32.77 (±6.76) years old with 9.74 (±7.18) years’ experience on average. The main part of activities pertinent to research works by the participants was participation in the Internet training courses. Considering attitudes about research works, the participants were scored 3.7 out of 5 (positive attitude). Significant differences were found in four cases out of five research works, while those participated in researchworks showed more positive attitude to research works. Concerning hindrances to research works, more than 70% estimated high rate of problems for carrying out a research job. The most important problems were lack of free time to carry out research activities (83.4%) and responsibilities at work and home (79.6%). Comparison of hindrances based on gender, age, marital status, employment showed some significant differences. The differences were higher among women, staff with temporary work and those who have never participated in research works. The authors found that management of the wards have failed to play a supportive role in research works and more than 70% scored the obstacles ahead of research works between moderate and high. The results heralds nursing education system and managers and hints absence of clinical nursing in research works. There is a threat that nursing might loses its identity as a profession.
