Knowledge translation strategies for enhancing nurses' evidence-informed decision making: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses are increasingly expected to engage in evidence-informed decision making (EIDM); the use of research evidence with information about patient preferences, clinical context and resources, and their clinical expertise in decision making. Strategies for enhancing EIDM have been synthesized in high-quality systematic reviews, yet most relate to physicians or mixed disciplines. Existing reviews, specific to nursing, have not captured a broad range of strategies for promoting the knowledge and skills for EIDM, patient outcomes as a result of EIDM, or contextual information for why these strategies "work."

Aim

To conduct a scoping review to identify and map the literature related to strategies implemented among nurses in tertiary care for promoting EIDM knowledge,

SUBMITTER: Yost J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4141701 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature