title: Promotion of Evidence-Based Nursing by Polish and foreign nursing organizations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the review was to obtain information on specific activities undertaken by professional nursing organizations, in order to promote and develop Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The foreign organizations featured in the study actively promote EBN within their countries of origin. This activity is currently focused on the structural and financial measures (focused on extrinsic factors). Some organizations are lobbying governments for grants and general support, in order to further their use and development of EBN. Educational activities are still ongoing, which include the creation of the creation of new guidelines and publishing research in journals, along with the organization of periodic conferences. Polish Nurses Association was the only one not involved in any structural and financial activities.
authors: Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Jagiellonian University Medical College Krakow, Poland. wasowska.iga@gmail.com.
authors: Iga
authors: I
authors: Wasowska
authors: Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Jagiellonian University Medical College Krakow, Poland.
authors: Iwona
authors: I
authors: Repka
mesh_terms: D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D011044:Poland; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Evidence-based nursing; nursing; nursing organizations; research