Patterns of research utilization on patient care units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational context plays a central role in shaping the use of research by healthcare professionals. The largest group of professionals employed in healthcare organizations is nurses, putting them in a position to influence patient and system outcomes significantly. However, investigators have often limited their study on the determinants of research use to individual factors over organizational or contextual factors.

Methods

The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of research use among nurses working in acute care hospitals, with an emphasis on identifying contextual determinants of research use. A comparative ethnographic case study design was used to examine seven patient care units (two adult and five pediatric units) in four hospitals in

SUBMITTER: Estabrooks CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2490687 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature