NSE 407 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Knowledge Translation, Think Tank
Should nurses be knowledge brokers? Competencies and organizational
resources to support the role
What is knowledge brokering
• A type of knowledge translation strategy that involves planned
opportunities for research to be disseminated to, exchanged with and
applied by research users whether they be clinicians, policymakers or
other decision-makers.
o Knowledge translation strategy that involves planned opportunities
for research to be disseminated to, exchanged with and applied by
research users whether they be clinicians, policymakers or other
decision-makers.
• The purpose of this paper is to examine the competencies that nurse
knowledge brokers should possess, and the attributes associated with the
role.
Nurse knowledge broker
• Nurse leaders: prospective knowledge broker à act as champions for best
practice guideline
• Nurse that provide direct patient care: work as change agent to promote
improved patient outcomes (E.g. decreased length of stay and reduced
morbidity and mortality)
• Facilitate innovation/change within organization
• Create and sustain milieu that is supportive of evidence use
• Provision of infrastructure supports
• Resources to facilitate Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM)
Use Knowledge brokers to develop capacity for evidence use
• Knowledge brokers can support capacity development of nurses to access,
critically appraise and discuss how research can potentially be
implemented in practice
• Organizational training is the most important factor
o Ensure that they possess the necessary knowledge and skills
required to critically appraise literature and engage with the
implementation and use of evidence in practice
• However, organization training session is not enough
