title: Facilitating research utilization through collaboration.
abstract: The rhetorical gap between clinical practice and academia was tested by the development of a special program grant to facilitate use of research by staff nurses. The grant capitalized on an established collaborative relationship between a university school of nursing and a community hospital. The merger of education and practice demonstrated the principles of interinstitutional collaboration in action. Resources of the grant included a doctorally-prepared nurse and a clinical librarian to provide research utilization classes for staff nurses, and an academic credit course to address reality-based practice problems for nurse managers. The model developed for this effort is described and critical behavioral aspects of research utilization for practicing nurses and academic nurses are outlined.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Umlauf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D015399:Nursing Research