ArticleJMIR research protocols2026
Exploration of Factors That Influence Clinical Nurses' Active Engagement in Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
Article in JMIR research protocols, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundNurses rely on current and relevant evidence to provide safe, high-quality care to patients and families. To do this, nurses need support to participate in research and evidence-based practice (EBP) activities. Despite the well-documented benefits of nurses' engagement in research and EBP, few actually do so in the clinical setting. This creates a knowledge-to-practice gap in which nursing evidence is not generated and existing evidence is often not applied in practice, jeopardizing the quality of care and patient outcomes.
objectiveThe aim of this scoping review is to identify and map the evidence on factors that influence clinical nurses' engagement in research and/or EBP.
methodsThis review will be conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews and reported in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews) checklist. Searches were conducted on April 28, 2025, in 5 health-related databases. Titles and abstracts, and then full-text articles, were screened by 2 independent researchers against the eligibility criteria for inclusion. The eligibility criteria include research studies (ie, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) and reviews that describe factors that influence nurses working in a clinical setting or in an outpatient clinic attached to a tertiary hospital to engage in research and/or EBP activities. Studies must be published in English after 2010 and conducted in high-income countries. Data will be extracted into a data extraction table adapted from the JBI data extraction instrument by an independent researcher and checked by another. The data from the included studies will be presented in tabular form, accompanied by a narrative summary.
resultsDatabase searches identified 11,051 records, of which 50.2% (n=5544) remained after duplicate records were removed. Screening began in May 2025, and full-text screening was completed in November 2025. Data extraction and synthesis began in November 2025. Results are planned to be submitted for publication in the summer of 2026.
conclusionsThe findings from this scoping review will inform the development of targeted interventions and organizational strategies that enhance clinical nurses' engagement in research and EBP. This will better position nurses to improve the quality of care provided to patients and families, thereby improving patient outcomes and advancing the nursing profession.
trial registrationOpen Science Framework 10.17605/OSF.IO/5VWE9; https://osf.io/5vwe9. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/89824.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.