{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: First line nurse managers' experiences of opportunities and obstacles to support evidence-based nursing.
{Author}: Karlberg Traav M;Forsman H;Eriksson M;Cronqvist A;
{Journal}: Nurs Open
{Volume}: 5
{Issue}: 4
{Year}: Oct 2018
{Factor}: 1.942
{DOI}: 10.1002/nop2.172
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>The aim was to explore first line nurse managers' experiences of opportunities and obstacles to support evidence-based nursing.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A qualitative study with a phenomenographical approach.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Data were collected through focus group interviews with 15 first line nurse managers' in four settings.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The results are presented in four categories of description headed: Manage the everyday work vs. evidence-based nursing; Uncertainties about evidence-based nursing and nursing research; Time as a reality, as an approach; and Shaping awareness-towards an active approach to evidence-based nursing. The overarching category of description has been formulated as follows: The internal relation-how active leadership influences evidence-based nursing. The outcome space is presented as: The individual path-how to make vision and reality become a working entity around evidence-based nursing.