Faculty of Nursing

Completed Projects

Evaluation of an Organizational Intervention to Improve Nursing Work Life through Training in Knowledge Translation: Phase I
Linking BPGs Use and HOBIC Outcomes in the Community
Utilization of Health Research in Acute Care Settings in Alberta (ACUTE)
Optimizing the Functional Mobility of People with Dementia Living in Nursing Homes
Creating a Valid and Reliable Measure of Research Utilization, Pilot Study
Review, synthesis and concept analysis of literature examining attributes of organizational context that impact knowledge translation in healthcare
Developing a valid and reliable measure of research utilization
The Determinants of Research Utilization: Pain Management in Infants and Children
Psychometric Assessment of the Alberta Context Tool (ACT)
Do Nursing Outcomes Databases Affect Organizational and Patient Outcomes?: Review and Synthesis of the NOD Literature
Canada's Experience Translating Quality Workplace Knowledge in Cancer Settings
Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties of Instruments Used to Measure Knowledge Translation in Healthcare Professionals
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Research Utilization Literature: A pilot project
Outcomes of Hospital Reform in Alberta in Comparison to Other Canadian Provinces, the United States and the United Kingdom (IHOS)
Consumer Decision Aides: Where do we stand? A Systematic Review and Qualitative Evaluation with Women and Surgeons
Developing and testing of research implementation strategies in complex health care organizations in Canada and Sweden
Examining the Role of Context in Alzheimer Care Centres: A Pilot Study
Context and Research Use in the Care of Children: A Pilot Study
A Study to Test the Construct Validity of a Conceptual Model Developed by the RCN Institute to Successfully Implement Research Into Practice
Major Equipment Grant
Utilization of Health Research Results: Alberta Extension
Knowledge Utilization and Policy Implementation (KUPI): A Five Year Research Program
The Determinants of Research Utilization: Pain Management in Adults
Translating Research on Pain in Children (TROPIC)
Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE)
A Systematic Review of Reviews on Instruments Measuring Quality of Life for Older Adults with Dementia
Understanding the Influence of Nursing Unit Culture on the Use of research Findings
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Knowledge Utilization Literature: The Structure and Substance of a Scientific Community
Conceptualizations of Evidence by Regional Health Board Members
Feedback Reporting of Survey Data to Healthcare Aides
Using Focus Groups to Test & Refine an Instrument to Measure Facilitators of and Barriers to Research Utilization in the Dental Hygiene Context

Creating a Valid and Reliable Measure of Research Utilization, Pilot Study

Start/End Dates: 2003 - 2004

Investigator: Carole A. Estabrooks

Funder: Small Faculties Research Grant program, University of Alberta

Grant Amount: $5,000

Background: Knowledge affects both the art and practice of nursing. The use of sound scientific knowledge in nursing practice is essential to the delivery of safe and effective patient care. We know that nurses use different sources of knowledge in their practice, but we currently have no valid and reliable ways of measuring any of these various forms of knowledge use. In this project we are concerned specifically with developing a tool that measures the extent to which nurses use scientific-knowledge.

The objective of this pilot project was to develop and elaborate a definition and framework of the research utilization construct through critical analysis, synthesis and identification of tacit assumptions inthe current body of research utilization theory.

The products of this research program are:

Articles:

Estabrooks, C.A., Wallin, L., & Milner, M. (2003). Measuring knowledge utilization in health care. International Journal of Policy Evaluation & Management, 1(1), 3-36.