Bridging the research-practice gap: the role of the link nurse.
This article describes the gap between research and practice, and highlights an initiative at Rampton Hospital to bridge this gap through the introduction of ward-based link people. The authors outline the rationale behind the initiative and describe in detail how the strategy was put into practice.
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D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital