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Background: Getting nurses to access, understand, and use Cochrane Reviews can be challenging. Developing innovative strategies to disseminate the findings of reviews may help with this problem and subsequently assist in improving patient outcomes.
Objectives: To establish a series of activities to increase the use and ease of the Cochrane Library by nurses involved in delivering care.
Methods: The Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) has undertaken a number of activities to engage the nursing community with the Cochrane Collaboration. The Evidence Transfer Program (ETP) consists of two components - Review Summaries and Podcasts. Review summaries of nursing-care-relevant Cochrane Reviews are developed by the CNCFs membership base and are subsequently published in a range of international journals. Following the completion of a review summary a podcast is developed and where possible both resources are translated into languages other than English. Additionally the CNCF is involved in identifying and tagging Cochrane Reviews that are of relevance to nursing care.
Results: Since its establishment in 2010 the Field has seen over 175 summaries published in more than 20 international journals. Over 25 podcasts are freely available and translations have commenced in German and Chinese. Review tagging has led to the development of a classification system that has seen over 500 Cochrane Reviews identified as relevant to the nursing community.
Conclusions: The importance of the Cochrane Collaboration and its role in providing an evidence base for nursing care is fully supported by the CNCF. The Field has undertaken a range of activities to assist with this work which has proven popular.
Objectives: To establish a series of activities to increase the use and ease of the Cochrane Library by nurses involved in delivering care.
Methods: The Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) has undertaken a number of activities to engage the nursing community with the Cochrane Collaboration. The Evidence Transfer Program (ETP) consists of two components - Review Summaries and Podcasts. Review summaries of nursing-care-relevant Cochrane Reviews are developed by the CNCFs membership base and are subsequently published in a range of international journals. Following the completion of a review summary a podcast is developed and where possible both resources are translated into languages other than English. Additionally the CNCF is involved in identifying and tagging Cochrane Reviews that are of relevance to nursing care.
Results: Since its establishment in 2010 the Field has seen over 175 summaries published in more than 20 international journals. Over 25 podcasts are freely available and translations have commenced in German and Chinese. Review tagging has led to the development of a classification system that has seen over 500 Cochrane Reviews identified as relevant to the nursing community.
Conclusions: The importance of the Cochrane Collaboration and its role in providing an evidence base for nursing care is fully supported by the CNCF. The Field has undertaken a range of activities to assist with this work which has proven popular.