The Role of the Nurse Scientist as a Knowledge Broker.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This article introduces the importance and nature of the role of the nurse scientist as a knowledge broker.

Design

A systematic literature review was completed using a modified version of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) appraisal tool to trace the emergence and characteristics of the knowledge broker role across disciplines internationally and in the United States.

Methods

Salient publications were identified using PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Sociological Abstracts, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, as well as hand searches and searches of the grey literature. Authors used these resources to define the knowledge broker role and with their role-related experien

SUBMITTER: Thompson MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329672 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature