title: Infusing research into practice: a staff nurse evidence-based practice fellowship program.
abstract: This article describes the framework and dynamics of an evidence-based practice mentorship program for staff nurses. Staff development educators can be instrumental as leaders in an evidence-based practice fellowship program, as they foster a thirst for lifelong learning, assist with developing a questioning attitude, and inspire nurses to ask clinical questions. The program serves as a bridge to bring research into real-world patient care that results in improved patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Ronald Reagan University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. agawlinski@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawlinski
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012944:Social Support; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods