"Research to practice": a practical program to enhance the use of evidence-based practice at the unit level.
OBJECTIVE
To assist clinical nurses in translating research into clinical practice.


METHODS
City of Hope Quality-of-Life (QOL) Model to guide presentations and discussion, research utilization theories, and evidence-based practice literature.


RESULTS
Based on percentage of individual participant involvement, the four domains of QOL, and a knowledge survey.


RESULTS
Attendance, discussion, QOL domain ranking, satisfaction, and pre- and postknowledge scores. Attendance averaged 13 individuals; average discussion participation was 54%. The psychological QOL domain was most important (58%), and discussion averaged a score of 3 (1 = slow to 5 = lively). A one-point increase (scale 1-5) measured a change in knowledge.


CONCLUSIONS
The challenge for nursing assessment is to fully address patient issues in the psychological domain.


CONCLUSIONS
A practical program can be formulated to bring evidence-based practice to the clinical setting.
Cooke
Liz
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City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA. lcooke@coh.org
Smith-Idell
Cynthia
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Dean
Grace
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Gemmill
Robin
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Steingass
Sharon
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Sun
Virginia
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Grant
Marcia
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Borneman
Tami
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D000328:Adult; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009732:Nursing Care; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States