Patterns of research utilization on patient care units

Carole A Estabrooks¹ , 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

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

⁸Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences & Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada