Context. In order to design interventions that increase research use in nursing, it is
necessary to have an understanding of what influences research use. Objective. To report …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to examine the concepts of opinion leaders, facilitators,
champions, linking agents and change agents as described in health, education and …

Background Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use
of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of …

Finding ways to deliver care based on the best possible evidence remains an ongoing
challenge. Further theoretical developments of a conceptual framework are presented which …

► Background: Evidence indicates that hospital nursing characteristics such as staffing
contribute to patient outcomes. Less attention has been given to other hospital nursing …

Despite calls over several decades for theory development, there remains no overarching
knowledge-translation theory. However, a range of models and theoretical perspectives …

Evidence-based practice, or evidence-based decision-making, is rapidly developing as a
growth industry in nursing and the health professions more widely. It has its origins in the …

Despite the fact that the nursing literature is replete with calls to make the practice of nursing
research based, little is known about the structure and function of research utilization. The …

Workplace violence is a significant and widespread public health concern among health
care workers, including nurses. With growing awareness of how practice environments …

Background: Despite three decades of empirical investigation into research utilization and a
renewed emphasis on evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice in the past …