Exploring the role of organizational policies and procedures in promoting research utilization in registered nurses

Table 3 Adoption of the 8 research-based practices (n = 248)

Practice	Aware (%¹)	Persuaded (%¹)	Use (%²)			Mean TIAB (SD)³	No. Regions with P&Ps (n = 6)
			Never	Sometimes	Always
Flushing PIVs	89.1%	86.7%	13.4%	11.8%	74.8%	3.38 (1.24)	4
Urinary Catheter Care	87.5%	86.7%	11.4%	17.5%	71.1%	3.34 (1.22)	4
Compression Stockings	89.1%	83.5%	18.3%	59.6%	22.1%	2.76 (1.10)	2
Hyperoygenating	78.6%	79.4%	36.2%	25.1%	38.7%	2.61 (1.47)	4
CHG for IV Insertion	67.3%	65.3%	38.3%	16.5%	45.2%	2.40 (1.73)	2
Post-op Opiod Admin	66.1%	62.5%	36.4%	46.6%	17.0%	2.10 (1.44)	1
NG Tube Placement	34.7%	23.0%	91.5%	6.5%	2.0%	0.68 (1.03)	2
Closed Enteral Feeding	12.9%	23.8%	92.2%	3.7%	4.1%	0.47 (1.00)	0

¹% = Percentage of nurses who were aware and persuaded of the practice
²% = Percentage of nurses who were never, sometimes, and always used the practice, of those who did not rate the practice as not applicable to their clinical unit
³Mean TIAB (SD) = mean TIAB score and standard deviation associated with each of the identified practices. The mean TIAB score was calculated as the average of the sum of awareness (0 – 1) + persuasion (0 – 1) + use (0 – 2). (Possible range: 0 – 4).
Stage of adoption was classified according to the following scale: 0 – 0.49 (unaware), 0.5 – 1.49 (aware), 1.5 – 2.49 (persuasion), 2.5 – 3.49 (use sometimes), and 3.5 – 4.0 (use always)

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