The Role of Leading Nurses on the Development of Nursing Practice
Keywords:
nursing, research, implementation of knowledge, leadership, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)Abstract
The number of scientific publications and their quality in the field of nursing is constantly increasing, but their implementation in nursing practice and education is a much slower process. In the paper we would like to answer the question which factors influence the process of implementation of new knowledge. We reviewed and analysed scientific papers in the database of EBSCOhost, Wiley, PubMed, and BioMed Central, which were published after 2009. We used the following key words: nursing, research, implementation (translation, knowledge transfer), leadership in nursing. In many qualitative and quantitative researches, the researchers identify the factors that influence the success of the implementation. Some articles study the link between the empowerment of leading nurses and success of the knowledge implementation; between the workload of nurses and influence of the research, education and clinical practice on the knowledge transfer. Other articles look into the model of organised transfer of scientific findings and the planned development of nursing into practice. Due to the development of education and research in nursing, the number of scientific papers with new findings is increasing. However, it is important that the new knowledge is verified and implemented into the expertise in controlled and organised manner.
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