title: Nurses' Research Capacity, Use of Evidence, and Research Productivity in Acute Care: Year 1 Findings From a Partnership Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare baseline and year 1 findings from a research-focused academic-service partnership (ASP) designed to increase research capacity, evidence-based practice (EBP) use, and research productivity.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Few combined individual and organizational best practices could be found that successfully sustain EBP. An ASP model, using structural and enabling processes, was evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a nonexperimental pretest-posttest design, 67 acute care nurses who participated at baseline were resurveyed, and year 1 focus groups were conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Knowledge increased from baseline to year 1, and nurses who participated on a committee with an embedded scientist were more knowledgeable at year 1 than those who did not. While EBP confidence and self-reported EBP use did not improve, research productivity increased 33%. Year 1 focus groups identified facilitators and barriers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings support some EBP benefits related to a research-focused ASP including research productivity; however, implementation barriers and contextual factors may have limited potential outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Duffy), Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Culp), Associate Professor (Dr Sand-Jecklin), and Research Assistant (Ms Lucke-Wold), School of Nursing, West Virginia University; and Manager of Nursing Research and Professional Development (Dr Stroupe), West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Joanne R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Culp
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sand-Jecklin
authors.forename: Lya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stroupe
authors.forename: Noelle
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lucke-Wold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult