Background One of the most consistent findings from clinical and health services research
is the failure to translate research into practice and policy. As a result of these evidence-…

Background Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use
of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of …

Background The context of healthcare organizations such as hospitals is increasingly
accepted as having the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, the …

Background One of the greatest challenges in healthcare is how to best translate research
evidence into clinical practice, which includes how to change health-care professionals' …

Background Facilitation is a guided interactional process that has been popularized in health
care. Its popularity arises from its potential to support uptake and application of scientific …

Background Systematic reviews consistently indicate that interventions to change healthcare
professional (HCP) behaviour are haphazardly designed and poorly specified. Clarity …

Background Nursing shortages, particularly in critical care units, are a major concern worldwide.
Job satisfaction is a key factor associated with the high turnover of critical care nurses. …

Background The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 is
designed to collect the minimum amount of data to guide care planning and monitoring for …

Despite an increasing literature on professional nurses’ job satisfaction, job satisfaction by
nonprofessional nursing care providers and, in particular, in residential long-term care …

Older adults living in residential long-term care or nursing homes have increasingly complex
needs, including more dementia than in the past, yet we know little about the unregulated …