title: Why do nurses not make use of a solid research base?
abstract: Although research-based practice was advocated in 1972 in the Briggs report, it is suggested that nursing has failed to rise to the challenge. This paper examines some of the explanations why nurses have difficulty in combining research-based theory and practice.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'