Patterns of research utilization on patient care units

Carole A Estabrooks*1, Shannon Scott1, Janet E Squires1, Bonnie Stevens2, Linda O'Brien-Pallas3, Judy Watt-Watson3, Joanne Profetto-McGrath1, Kathy McGilton4, Karen Golden-Biddle5, Janice Lander1, Gail Donner3, Geertje Boschma6, Charles K Humphrey7 and Jack Williams8 Address: 1Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 3Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 4Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada, 5School of Management, Boston University, Boston, USA, 6Faculty of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 7Data Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and 8Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences & Clinical Epidemiology and Health. | BioMed Central Implementation Science Research article Patterns of research utilization on patient care units Carole A Estabrooks 1 Shannon Scott1 Janet E Squires1 Bonnie Stevens2 Linda O Brien-Pallas3 Judy Watt-Watson3 Joanne Profetto-McGrath1 Kathy McGilton4 Karen Golden-Biddle5 Janice Lander1 Gail Donner3 Geertje Boschma6 Charles K Humphrey7 and Jack Williams8 Open Access Address faculty of Nursing University of Alberta Edmonton Canada 2Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada 3Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto Toronto Canada 4Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto Canada 5School of Management Boston University Boston USA 6Faculty of Nursing University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada 7Data Library University of Alberta Edmonton Canada and institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research Program Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto Canada Email Carole A Estabrooks - Shannon Scott - Janet E Squires - Bonnie Stevens - Linda O Brien-Pallas - Judy Watt-Watson - Joanne Profetto-McGrath - Kathy McGilton - Karen Golden-Biddle - kgbiddle@ Janice Lander - Gail Donner - Geertje Boschma - boschma@ Charles K Humphrey - humphrey@ Jack Williams - Corresponding author Published 2 June 2008 Received II August 2007 Accepted 2 lune 2008 Implementation Science 2008 3 3I doi I748-5908-3-3I J This article is available from http content 3 I 3I 2008 Estabrooks et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http