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ArticleThe Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society2024

Factors influencing knowledge translation into critical care practice: The reality facing intensive care nurses in Limpopo Province.

M R Kgadima, I M Coetzee, T Heyns

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Article in The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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M R KgadimaDepartment of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
I M CoetzeeDepartment of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
T HeynsDepartment of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.

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Abstract

Background: Nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs) must incorporate new knowledge and evidence-based practice (EBP) into their daily routines to enhance patient outcomes. However, this integration often falls short in ICU settings. Weekly clinical audits reveal incidents where ICU nurses neglect evidence-based interventions, impacting patient outcomes and ICU stays. Objectives: To explore the factors influencing the translation of knowledge into ICU practice. Methods: We conducted exploratory, qualitative research to investigate ICU nurses' perspectives on knowledge translation into ICU practices. The study employed purposive sampling to select ICU nurses. We used paired interviews and group discussions to gather insights from ICU nurses regarding the factors influencing the translation of knowledge into ICU practices. Data analysis was performed using Boomer and McCormack's nine steps of creative hermeneutic data analysis. Results: One main theme, Conclusion: In ICUs, nurses are expected to integrate new knowledge and scientific evidence into their daily practice, yet they face challenges in doing so. Interventions should be implemented to address management and workplace culture. Contribution of the study: This study raised awareness for the intensive care nurse practicioner to intergrate new knowledge and scientific evidence into clinical practice. This study highlighted the importance of teamwork and collaboration between nurses and doctors to ensure knowledge translation and quality care of the critical ill/injured patients. This study confirmed that support from management is vital to address challenges such as workload, staff shortage, inadequate equipment and outdated protocols as these aspects impact negatively on intensive care nurses ability to transfer knowledge into clinical practice.

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Critical care practicecritical ill/injured patientintensive care nurseintensive care unitknowledge translation

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PMID39726834
PMCPMC11669150

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