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The Influence Of Emergency Rns' Characteristics And Readiness For Change On Their Intention To Implement Evidence-Based Practice, Mary Kathryn Naccarato
The Influence Of Emergency Rns' Characteristics And Readiness For Change On Their Intention To Implement Evidence-Based Practice, Mary Kathryn Naccarato
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Emergency departments are a major source of hospital admissions with patients at risk for pressure ulcer development. Yet, there is a paucity of literature in two key areas: emergency RNs' role in PU prevention and their knowledge, skills, attitudes and intentions toward implementation of PU prevention guidelines. Manuscript 1 was an integrative review that found multiple factors--knowledge, attitudes, and environmental--that affect nurses' use of PU prevention. Manuscript 2 was an integrative review that found the readiness for change construct as a precursor to implementing an organizational or individual change. Some nurse researchers suggest a readiness assessment as the first step …