ORIGINAL RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses
Kate Gerrish, Ann McDonnell, Mike Nolan, Louise Guillaume, Marilyn Kirshbaum & Angela Tod
Accepted for publication 5 February 2011
Correspondence to K. Gerrish: e-mail: k.gerrish@shu.ac.uk Kate Gerrish MSc PhD RN Professor of Nursing Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Ann McDonnell MSc PhD RN Reader Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Mike Nolan PhD RN Professor of Gerontological Nursing Sheffield Institute for Studies in Ageing, University of Sheffield, UK Louise Guillaume BA (Hons) MSc PhD Information Specialist School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK Marilyn Kirshbaum MSc PhD RN Reader in Nursing School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK Angela Tod MSc PhD RN Principal Research Fellow Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
GERRISH K., MCDONNELL A., NOLAN M., GUILLAUME L., KIRSHBAUM M. & T O D A . ( 2 0 1 1 ) The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(9), 2004–2014. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05642.x
Abstract
Aim. To identify approaches used by advanced practice nurses to promote evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Background. Barriers encountered at individual and organizational levels hinder clinical nurses in their ability to deliver evidence-based practice. Advanced practice nurses are well placed to promote evidence-based practice through interactions with clinical nurses. However, little is understood about how advanced practice nurses might realize this potential. Method. A multiple instrumental case study of 23