title: Brief reports for disseminating systematic reviews to nurses.
abstract: Much has been written about the importance of using research findings to guide nursing practice. How to best disseminate those findings to nurses remains a challenge. In many clinical settings, nurses interested in research utilization and evidence-based practice retrieve, review, and integrate knowledge from research reports to guide decisions about best practices. Major barriers to this approach, however, are staff nurses' lack of time, expertise, and resources for this process. One approach to overcoming these barriers is to disseminate the results of systematic research reviews directly to nurses in the form of brief reports, written in an easy-to-understand style, and sent via e-mail. This article describes the development of brief reports as a strategy for disseminating the results of systematic reviews to staff nurses. To demonstrate the use of brief reports for this purpose, we chose a systematic review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, 5557 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. moermann@msn.com
authors.forename: Marilyn H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Oermann
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: Janna C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Roop
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D017748:Time Management