Communication of Research and Practice Knowledge in Nursing Literature

Abstract

The existence of communication between the research and the practice component of nursing knowledge was demonstrated and appears to be more prevalent than previously indicated. Further research on how the cited literature is used would enable us to know about the depth and quality of the communication event and to note variations as the body of nursing knowledge evolves.

Dissemination of research in clinical nursing journals

“…O'Neill and Duffey (2000) examined the extent of communication between the nursing research and practice literature. They analysed nursing articles published in journals indexed in CINAHL in 1989 and 1446 citations in those articles.…”

Citation Classics in Nursing Journals

“…Citation analysis is a type of bibliometric analysis that involves application of statistical methods to study topics in a body of literature (Polit & Northam, 2010). Bibliometric analyses have been used to study several aspects of nursing knowledge and communication, including a study of the flow of information between research and practice in the nursing literature (O'Neill & Duffey, 2000), an analysis of the research utilization literature in nursing (Estabrooks, Winther, & Derksen, 2004), and an analysis of the sources of information for clinical and research nursing literature (Oermann et al, 2008).…”

Publication Opportunities in Nonnursing Journals

“…Bibliometrics involves the application of statistical methods to study topics in a body of literature. Bibliometric analyses have been used to study several aspects of nursing knowledge and communication, including a study of the flow of information between research and practice in the nursing literature, 9 an analysis of the research utilization literature in nursing, 10 and an analysis of the sources of information for clinical and research nursing literature. 11 A bibliometric analysis with particular relevance to this article was undertaken by a task force of the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association.…”