title: Promoting research utilization using a conceptual framework.
abstract: Since the early 1990s, evidence-based practice has gained momentum, but barriers persist between knowledge development and application in practice. The Massachusetts General Hospital re-engineered the Nursing Research Committee as one vehicle for promoting research-based practice. Using the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework, the mission and methods (context) to advance research-based practice are explicated. Characteristics of the membership, leadership, and practice environment that facilitate research utilization are delineated.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mlarkin1@partners.org
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.forename: Catherine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Virginia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: Chelby
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cierpial
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gettings
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration