Bibliography: Knowledge Translation in Family Nursing

Selected Bibliography developed by Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD

Updated: January 2020

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Knowledge Transfer/Knowledge Translation in Health Care Practice/Family Nursing Practice

Bareil, C., Duhamel, F., Lalonde, L., Goudreau, J., Hudon, E., Lussier, M. T… Lalonde, G. (2015). Facilitating the implementation of interprofessional collaborative practices into primary care: A Trilogy of Driving Forces. Journal of Health Care Management, 60(4), 287-301. https://journals.lww.com/jhmonline/Abstract/2015/07000/

Baumbusch, J., Kirkham, S. R., Basu Kahn, K., McDonald, H., Semeniuk, P., Tan, E., & Anderson, J. M. (2008).  Pursuing common agendas:  A collaborative model knowledge translation between research and practice in clinical settings.  Research in Nursing & Health, 31(2), 130-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20242

Bell, J. M. (2014). Knowledge translation in family nursing: Gazing into the Promised Land [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714521731

Bell, J. M., Moules, N. J., Auger, N., Laing, C., & Toner, N. (2009, June). ‘What Happened to My Nurse?’ Exploring the effects of a Family Systems learning opportunity on the practice of pediatric oncology nurses.  Paper presented at the 9^th International Family Nursing Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Bellman, L., Webster, J., & Jeans, A. (2011).  Knowledge transfer and the integration of research, policy and practice for patient benefit.  Journal of Research in Nursing, 16(3), 254-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987110385271

Blondal, K., Zoega, S., Hafsteinsdottir, J., Olafsdottir, O, Thorvardardootir, A., Hafsteinsdottir, S., & Sveinsdottir, H. (2014).  Attitudes of registered and licensed practical nurses towards the importance of families in surgical hospital units: Before and after implementation of Family Systems Nursing.  Journal of Family Nursing, 20(3), 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714542875

Duhamel, F. (2010). Implementing family nursing: How do we translate knowledge into clinical practice? Part II: The evolution of 20 years of teaching, research, and practice to a Center of Excellence in Family Nursing.  Journal of Family Nursing, 16(1), 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709360208

Duhamel, F. (2017). Translating knowledge from a family systems approach to clinical practice: Insights from knowledge translation research experiences.  Journal of Family Nursing, 23(4), 461-487. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717739030

Duhamel, F., & Dupuis, F. (2011).  Towards a Trilogy Model of Family Systems Nursing.  Knowledge utilization: fostering circularity between practice, education and research.  In E.K. Svavarsdottir & H. Jonsdottir (Eds)., Family nursing in action (pp. 53-68). Reykjavik, Iceland: University of Iceland Press.

Duhamel, F., Dupuis, F., Turcotte, A., Martinez, A.-M., & Goudreau, J. (2015).  Integrating the Illness Beliefs Model in clinical practice: A Family Systems Nursing Knowledge Utilization Model.  Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 322-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715579404

Duhamel, F., & Talbot, L. (2004). A constructivist evaluation of family interventions in cardiovascular nursing practice. Journal of Family Nursing, 10(1), 12-32. doi: 10.1177/1074840703260906

Eggenberger, S., & Sanders, M. (2016). A family nursing educational intervention supports nurses and families in an adult intensive care unit. Australian Critical Care, 29(4), 217-223.  doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2016.09.002

Flowers, K., St. John, W., & Bell, J.M. (2008). The role of the clinical laboratory in teaching and learning family nursing skills.  Journal of Family Nursing, 14(2), 242-267. doi: 10.1177/1074840708316562

Goudreau, J., & Duhamel, F. (2003).  Interventions in perinatal family care: A participatory study.  Families, Systems, & Health, 21(2), 165-180. doi: 10.1037/1091-7527.21.2.165

Goudreau, J., Duhamel, F., & Ricard, N. (2006). The impact of a Family Systems Nursing educational program on the practice of psychiatric nurses.  A pilot study.  Journal of Family Nursing, 12(3), 292-306. doi: 10.1177/1074840706291694

Halldorsdottir, B., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2012). Purposeful therapeutic conversations: Are they effective for families of individuals with COPD? A quasi-experimental study. Vaard I Norden, 103, 32, 48-51. Retrieved from http://www.ssn-nnf.no/ikbViewer/Content/863037/V%E5rd%20i%20Norden%201-2012.pdf#page=48.

Hastings, C. E., Fisher, C. A., McCabe, M. A., & The National Clinical Research Nursing Consortium. (2012).  Clinical research nursing: A critical resource in the national research enterprise.  Nursing Outlook, 60(2012), 149-156. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2011.10.003

Henderson, S. (2002). Factors impacting on nurses’ transference of theoretical knowledge of holistic care into clinical practice. Nurse Education in Practice, 2, 244-250. doi:10.1016/S1471-5953(02)00020-3

Kitson, A. L., & Harvey, G. (2016). Methods to succeed in knowledge translation in clinical practice.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(3), 294-302. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12206

Lalonde, L., Goudreau, J., Hudon, E., Lussier, M. T., Bareil, C., Duhamel, F.,… and the Group for TRANSIT to Best Practices in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Primary Care (2014). Development of an interprofessional program for cardiovascular prevention in primary care: A participatory research approach. SAGE Open Medicine, 2, 2050312114522788. doi:10.1177/2050312114522788

Lang, A., Fleiszer, A. R., Duhamel, F., Aston, M., Carr, T., & Goodwin, S. (2015). Evidence-informed primary bereavement care: A study protocol of a knowledge-to-action approach for system change. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14, 121-145. doi:10.1177/160940691501400102

Langlois, S., Goudreau, J., & Lalonde, L. (2014). Scientific rigour and innovations in participatory action research investigating workplace learning in continuing interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 28(3), 226-231. doi:10.3109/13561820.2014.885003

Leahey, M., & Harper-Jaques, S. (2010). Integrating family nursing into a mental health urgent care practice framework: Ladders for learning.  Journal of Family Nursing, 16(2), 196-212. doi: 10.1177/1074840710365500

Leahey, M., Harper-Jaques, S., Stout, L., & Levac, A.M. (1995).  The impact of a family systems nursing approach:  Nurses’ perceptions.  The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 26(5), 219-225.

Leahey, M., Stout, L., & Myrah, I. (1991).  Family systems nursing: How do you practice it in an active community hospital?  The Canadian Nurse, February, 31-33.

Leahey, M., & Svavarsdottir, E.K. (2009). Implementing family nursing: How do we translate knowledge into clinical practice? Journal of Family, 15(4), 445-460. doi:10.1177/1074840709349070

Lee, A. C. K., Leung, S. S. K., & Mak, Y .W. (2012). The application of family-nursing assessment skills: From classroom to hospital ward among final-year nursing undergraduates in Hong Kong. Nurse Education Today, 32(1), 78-84. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2011.01.013

LeGrow, K., & Rossen, B.E. (2005). Development of a professional practice based on a family systems nursing framework: Nurses’ and families’ experiences.  Journal of Family Nursing, 11(1), 38-58. doi: 10.1177/1074840704273508

Lessard, S., Bareil, C., Lalonde, L., Duhamel, F., Hudon, E., Goudreau, J., Lévesque, L. (2016). External facilitators and interprofessional facilitation teams: A qualitative study of their roles in supporting practice change. Implementation Science, 11(97), 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0458-7

MacDonald, T. (2012). Exploring knowledge translation models for clinical nurse educators with a focus on the Ottawa model for research use.  Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Victoria School of Nursing. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8080/handle/1828/4098

Martinez, A.-M., D’Artois, D., & Rennick, J. E. (2007). Does the 15-minute (or less) family interview influence family nursing practice?  Journal of Family Nursing, 13(2), 157-178. doi: 10.1177/1074840707300750

NEW Naef, R., Kaeppeli, B. M., Lanter, R., & Petry, H. (2020). Implementing Family Systems Care through an educational intervention with nurses and midwives in obstetrics and gynecological care: A mixed-methods evaluation. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(2), 138-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720915598

NEW Naef, R., Klausler-Troxler, M., Ernst, J., Huber, S., Dinten-Schmid, B., Tanja, K., & Petry, H. (2020). Translating family systems care into neonatology practice: A mixed method study of practitioners’ attitudes, practice skills and implementation experience.  International Journal of Nursing Studies, 102, 103448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103448

Sigurdadottir, A. O., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Juliusdottir, S. (2015). Family nursing hospital training and the outcome on job demands, control and support.  Nurse Education Today, 35(7), 854-858. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2015.03.003

Sigurdardottir, A. O., Svavarsdottir, E. K., Rayens, M. K., & Adkins, S. (2013). Therapeutic conversations intervention in pediatrics: Are they of benefit for families of children with asthma?  The Nursing Clinics of North America, 48(2), 287-304. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2013.01.007

Simpson, P., Yeung, K.K., Kwan, T.S., & Wah, W.K. (2006). Family Systems Nursing: A guide to mental health care in Hong Kong.  Journal of Family Nursing, 12(3), 276-291. doi: 10.1177/1074840706291436

Svavarsdottir, E.K. (2006).  Listening to the family’s voice: Nordic nurses movement toward family centered care. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(4), 346-367. doi: 10.1177/1074840706294536

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. (2005). The feasibility of offering a family level intervention to parents of children with cancer.  Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19, 368-372.  doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00360.x

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. (2006).  Developing family-level intervention for families of children with cancer.  Oncology Nursing Forum, 33, 983-990.  doi: 10.1188/06.ONF.983-990

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. O. (2011).  Facilitating implementation of family nursing in general pediatric nursing practice:  The circularity between knowledge translation and clinical practice.  In E.K. Svavarsdottir and H. Jonsdottir (Eds.), Family nursing in action (pp. 161-184). Reykjavik, Iceland: University of Iceland Press.

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. O. (2013). Benefits of a brief therapeutic conversation intervention for families of children and adolescents in active cancer treatment.  Oncology Nursing Forum, 40(5), E346-E357. doi: 10.1188/13.ONF.E346-E357

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Sigurdardottir, A. O., Konradsdottir, E., Stefansdottir, A., Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Ketilsdottir, A.,…Gudmundsdottir, H. (2015). The process of translating family nursing knowledge into clinical practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(1), 5-15. doi: 10/1111/jnu.12108

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Sigurdardottir, A. O., & Tryggvadottir, G. B. (2014).  Strengths-oriented therapeutic conversations for families of children with chronic illnesses:  Findings from the Landspitali University Hospital Family Nursing Implementation Project. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(1), 13-50. doi:10.1177/1074840713520345

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Tryggvadottir, G. B., & Sigurdardottir, A. O. (2012). Knowledge translation in family nursing: Does a short-term therapeutic conversation intervention benefit families of children or adolescents within a hospital setting? Findings from the Landspitali University Hospital Family Nursing Implementation Project. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 303-327. doi:10.1177/1074840712449202

Sveinbjarnardottir, E.K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Saveman, B.-I. (2011). Nurses attitudes towards the importance of families in psychiatric care following an educational and training intervention program. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(10), 895-903. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01744.x

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Wright, L. M. (2013). What are the benefits of a short therapeutic conversation intervention with acute psychiatric patients and their families? A controlled before and after study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(5), 593-602.

Virani, T., Lemieux-Charles, L., Davis, D. A., & Berta, W. (2009). Sustaining change: Once evidenced-based practices are transferred, what then? Health Care Quarterly, 12(1), 89–96.

Voltelen, B., Konradsen, H., & Østergaard, B. (2016). Family nursing therapeutic conversations in heart failure outpatient clinics in Denmark: Nurses’ experiences.  Journal of Family Nursing, 22(2), 179-198. doi: 10.1177/1074840716643879

Vosburg, D., & Simpson, P. (1993).  Linking family theory and practice: A family nursing program.  Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 25(3), 231-235. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1993.tb00787.x

Wacharasin, C., Phaktoop, M., & Sananreangsak, S. (2015). Examining the usefulness of a Family Empowerment Program guided by the Illness Beliefs Model for families caring for a child with thalassemia.  Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 295-321. doi: 10.1177/1074840715585000

White, K. M., & Dudley-Brown, S. (2012). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care practice: Application to nursing and health care.  New York, NY: Springer.

Wong, O. L. (2014) Contextual barriers to the successful implementation of family-centered practice in mental health care: A Hong Kong study. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 28(3), 212-219. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2014.02.001

Practice with Families: Conceptual Literature

Bell, J.M. (2003). Clinical scholarship in family nursing [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 9(2), 127-129. doi: 10.1177/1074840703009002001

Bell, J.M. (2009). Family Systems Nursing re-examined [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(2), 123-129. doi: 10.1177/1074840709335533

Bell, J.M. (2011).  Relationships: The heart of the matter in family nursing [Editorial].  Journal of Family Nursing, 17(1), 3-10. doi: 10.1177/1074840711398464

Bell, J. M. (2012). Making ideas stick: The 15-Minute Family Interview [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(2), 171-174. doi:10.1177/1074840712443663

Bell, J. M. (2013). Family nursing is more than family centered care [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 19(4), 411-417. doi:10.1177/1074840713512750

Bell, J. M. (2015).  Growing the science of Family Systems Nursing: Family health intervention research focused on illness suffering and family healing. In F. Duhamel (Ed.), La santé et la famille: Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care] (3^rd ed.,) Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Gaëtan Morin editeur, Chenelière Éducation. [In French] English language translation available from U of C Institutional Repository, PRISM: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51114.

Bell, J. M. (2016). The central importance of therapeutic conversations in family nursing: Can talking be healing? [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(4), 439-449. doi: 10.1177/1074840716680837

Bell, J. M. & Wright, L. M. (2011). The Illness Beliefs Model creating practice knowledge in family systems nursing for families experiencing illness. In E.K. Svarvarsdottir & H. Jonsdottir (Eds.), Family nursing in action (pp. 15-51). Reykjavik, Iceland: University of Iceland Press.

Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2015). The Illness Beliefs Model: Advancing practice knowledge about illness beliefs, family healing, and family interventions [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 179-185. doi:10.1177/1074840715586889

Benzein, E., Hagberg, M., & Saveman, B.-I. (2012).  Att möta familjer inom vård och omsorg [Meeting with Families in Health and Community Care]. Stockholm, Sweden:  Studentlitteratur. [in Swedish] (Describes the Family Health Conversations Model for advanced family nursing practice in Sweden)

Duhamel, F. (Ed.). (2007). La santé et la famille: Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care] (2nd ed.). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Gaëtan Morin editeur, Chenelière Éducation. [In French]

Duhamel, F. (Ed). (2015). La santé et la famille. Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health : A family systems nursing approach] (3rd ed.). Montréal, Quebec, Canada: Gaétan Morin. Chenelière Éducation. [in French]

Dunst, C. J., Boyd, K., Trivette, C. M., & Hamby, D. W. (2002).  Family-oriented program models and professional helpgiving practices.  Family Relations, 51(3), 221-229. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2002.00221.x (conceptual paper – useful evaluation questions)

Johnson, B. H. (2000). Family-centered care: Four decades of progress.  Families, Systems, & Health, 18(2), 137-156. doi: 10.1037/h0091843 (Conceptual paper about family-centered care in the United States and includes a battery of self-assessment tools for evaluating family-centered care practices – p. 154).

Leahey, M., & Harper-Jaques, S. (1996).  Family-nurse relationships:  Core assumptions and clinical implications.  Journal of Family Nursing, 2(2), 133-151.doi: 10.1177/107484079600200203(conceptual paper-offers useful evaluation questions)

St. John, W., & Flowers, K. (2009).  Working with families:  From theory to clinical nursing practice. Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, 16, 131-138. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2009.04.001

Whittemore, R., & Grey, M. (2002).  The systematic development of nursing interventions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34(2), 115-120. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00115.x

Wright, L. M. (2015).  Brain science and illness beliefs: An unexpected explanation of the healing power of therapeutic conversations and the family interventions that matter. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 186-205. doi:10.1177/1074840715575822

Wright, L. M. (2017). Suffering and spirituality: The path to illness healing. 4th Floor Press. 

Wright, L. M., & Bell, J. M. (2009). Beliefs and illness: A model for healing. 4th Floor Press.

Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (1990). Trends in the nursing of families. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15, 148-154. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01795.x

Wright, L. M., & Leahey, M. (2013). Nurses and families: A guide to family assessment and intervention (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davies.

Research Instruments that Examine Practice with Families

Bell, J. M. (2015, August). Family nursing research instruments developed by family nurses [Web log post]. Retrieved from: http://janicembell.com/2015/08/family-nursing-research-instruments-developed-by-family-nurses/

Benzein, E., Johansson, P., Arestedt, K. F., Berg, A., & Saveman, B.-I. (2008). Families’ importance in nursing care: Nurses’ attitudes – an instrument development. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(1), 97-117. doi:10.1177/1074840707312716.

Bruce, E., Dorell, A., Lindh, V., Erlingsson, C., Lindkvist, M., & Sundin, K. (2016). Translation and testing of the Swedish version of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire with parents of children with congenital heart defects.  Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 298-320. doi:10.1177/1074840716656343

Gisladottir, M., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2016). Development and psychometric testing of the Iceland-Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire.  Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 321-338. doi:10.1177/1074840716661593

McDaniel, S. H. (2011).  Poster presentation. Physician coaching program at the University of Rochester: A pilot study.  Poster presentation.

Meiers, S. J., Tomlinson, P., & Peden-McAlpine, C. (2007).  Development of the Family Nurse Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS).  Journal of Family Nursing, 13(4), 484-502. doi: 10.1177/1074840707310734

Sawin, K. J. (2016). Measurement in family nursing: Established instruments and future directions [Guest Editorial].  Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 287-287. doi:10.1177/1074840716656038

Saveman, B-I., Benzein, E., Engström, A.H., & Årestedt, K. (2011). Refinement and psychometric re-evaluation of the instrument: Families’ Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses’ Attitudes.  Journal of Family Nursing, 17(3), 312-129.  doi:10.1177/1074840711415074

Simpson, P., & Tarrant, M. (2006).  Development of the Family Nursing Practice Scale. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(4), 413-425. doi: 10.1177/1074840706290806

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Hrafnkelsson, B. (2012).Psychometric development of the Iceland-Expressive Family Functioning Questionnaire (ICE-EFFQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 353-377. doi:10.1177/1074840712449204

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Hrafnkelsson, B. (2012). Psychometric development of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 328-352. doi:10.1177/1074840712449203