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Hi, I need help with essay on Applying research to practice and introducing change. Paper must be at least 2000 words. Please, no plagiarized work!

If research were to inform practice using recent research findings,then it is at best evidence-based. Research informing practice, in fact, is a current issue in nursing that led to the conceptualization of evidence-based nursing.Nurses who are able to use research to inform their practice may enhance the professional status of nursing, and advance nursing knowledge. Much preparation and patience, however, are required, paying attention to factors that facilitate the adoption of desired practices.A study by Bostrom, MacDougall, and Hargis found that a large group of nurses without degrees showed less interest in research and for them research is not an important activity for nurses.According to these authors,this is related to the fact that the majority of the current undergraduate courses include more research subjects in their curriculum now than offered in the past. Fear of the unknown also prevents nurses from exploring new ideas and change in their practice. Accordingly, the nurses' lack of motivation for change was due to their lack of authority to change practice and lack of organizational support - virtually the same organizational reasons mentioned by Funk. Funk and his team of researchers investigated the barriers that practicing nurses perceived to their using research findings in practice.They came up with 18 barriers as reported by 50% or more of the respondents.Most of these barriers are organizational like lack of cooperation,but others are on the attributes of the research, itself, and the condition of the nurse.

Of the latest, the following are stated as barriers, mentioned in descending order: Nurse is unaware of the research (74.7%), Nurse does not have time to read research (67.2%), Nurse is isolated from knowledgeable colleagues with whom to discuss research (65.2%), Nurse does not feel capable of evaluating research quality (59.3%), and Nurse feels benefits of changing practice will be minimal (51.8%).

As regards research, in descending order, the following are perceived barriers by nurses: Results not generalizeable to own setting (68.3%), Statistical analyses not understandable (67.8%), Relevant literature not compiled in one place (63.1%), Implications for practice not made clear (61.5%), Research has not been replicated (56.1%), Research not reported clearly and readably(53.6%), and Research not relevant to nurse's practice (53.5%).

Organizational factors mainly point to lack of cooperation and problems in implementation. Table 1 shows the summary of the perceived barriers.

Table 1. Perceived Barriers by Nurses to Use of Research Findings (Funk et al.