title: The role of the nurse academician in promoting evidence-based practice in a brain injury rehabilitation unit.
abstract: There are many rehabilitation teams and rehabilitation consultants. The team presented here involved the unique collaboration of university nursing scholars and clinicians from a local rehabilitation hospital. The melding of these two groups is providing new opportunities for staff nurses, administrators, and faculty members to work together and use nursing research to provide the base of evidence necessary to enhance rehabilitation nursing knowledge in the brain injury setting.
authors.affiliation: Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Alpharetta, GA, USA. mgebhardt@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Mary Catherine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Testani-Dufour
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers