title: Translational Scholarship and a Palliative Approach: Enlisting the Knowledge-As-Action Framework.
abstract: Based on a retheorized epistemology for knowledge translation (KT) that problematizes the "know-do gap" and conceptualizes the knower, knowledge, and action as inseparable, this paper describes the application of the Knowledge-As-Action Framework. When applied as a heuristic device to support an inquiry process, the framework with the metaphor of a kite facilitates a responsiveness to the complexities that characterize KT. Examples from a KT demonstration project on the integration of a palliative approach at 3 clinical sites illustrate the interrelatedness of 6 dimensions-the local context, processes, people, knowledge, fluctuating realities, and values.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada (Dr Reimer-Kirkham); School of Nursing, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Drs Doane and Stajduhar); Interior Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada (Ms Antifeau); School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Canada (Dr Pesut and Ms Porterfield); and Fraser Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada (Mss Roberts and Wikjord).
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reimer-Kirkham
authors.forename: Gweneth Hartrick
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Doane
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antifeau
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pesut
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Porterfield
authors.forename: Della
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stajduhar
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wikjord
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D000066506:Heuristics; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*