1. Utilization of Nursing Research

2. WHY? A sound foundation for practice Enhanced autonomy, critical thinking skills Improving quality of patient care Improve patient outcome A stimulus for a collaborative practice improving nursing image Increasing scientific nursing knowledge

3. Utilization Criteria 1.Clinical relevant (does it solve our problems? 2.Scientific merit (the results accurate, reliable and generalizable) 3.Implementation potential a. feasibility b. cost/benefit ratio c. transferability

4. Barriers to Research Utilization Research related barriers: 1.Insufficient current research with solution to complex clinical problems 2.Some research are not replicated 3.Much research are not published (e.g. dissertation and thesis) 4.Difficult research reports

5. Barriers to Research Utilization Clinician related barriers: 1.Attitudes toward nursing research (e.g., nursing research makes problems) 2.Practitioners are not costumed to read journal articles 3.Dependence on tradition 4.Educator-practitioner gap

6. Barriers to Research Utilization Administration related barriers: 1.Minimum value given to research by administrators 2.Less resource hive to research 3.Lack of nursing autonomy 4.Lack of incentives 5.Reliance on policy and procedures

7. Strategies to facilitate research utilization 1.Writing to clinician audience in an understandable meaningful way 2.Motivate practitioners to read journal articles 3.Announcing through board and newsletter 4.In-service education department 5.Encourage participation in scientific panels and conferences