title: Writing and submitting abstracts for conference presentation.
abstract: Over the last 25 years it has frequently been said or written that nursing must be a research-based profession and there is now considerable pressure on staff in the NHS to achieve research-based practice. But this means that nurses must first know about relevant research findings. Hunt's comment ( 1 ) that nurses do not know about research findings has been quoted frequently, much nursing research is not published ( 2 ), and at least one study indicated that in the 1990s only a minority of nurses read journals regularly ( 3 ). It is possible that even those who do read nursing journals may not read research articles, judging by the journals cited by respondents in the study and their negative comments about reading research.
authors.affiliation: Portstewart, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ashworth