Getting research findings into practice: Using research findings in clinical practice

Translating research findings to clinical nursing practice

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To describe the importance of, and methods for, successfully conducting and translating research into clinical practice. BACKGROUND There is universal acknowledgement that the clinical care provided to individuals should be informed on the best available evidence. Knowledge and evidence derived from robust scholarly methods should drive our clinical practice, decisions and...

Getting research findings into practice Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings

a Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, 1388 Sutter Street, 11th floor, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA, b Unit of Clinical Policy Analysis, Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy, c Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, d Department o...

Getting research findings into practice. When to act on the evidence.

Getting research into clinical practice - barriers and solutions.

The success of current efforts towards evidence-based health services in many countries depends on efficient transfer of research findings to health practitioners. However, there is a lag in research being adopted. In part this is due to difficulties in interpreting or generalising research findings, in part to inertia, organisational structures and information. Clinical guidelines are usually ...

Getting research into policy and practice.