Creating infrastructure for supporting nurse engagement in evidence-based practice at a Veterans Administration Hospital.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is foundational to safe and quality health care; however, barriers to nursing engagement in EBP have been well documented. To circumvent these barriers, nursing leadership must proactively implement system-level, multifaceted strategies within their organization to enhance EBP engagement. One Veterans Administration (VA) hospital has operationalized these strategies.

Research Guided by the Theory of Care-Seeking Behavior: A Scoping Review.

Background: A particular Theory of Care-Seeking Behavior was developed to explain care-seeking behavior with psychosocial concepts, external conditions, and clinical and demographic factors. Having a careful review of studies based on this theory could guide future research on care-seeking behaviors.

Objectives: With a scoping review: describe characteristics of studies guided by a Theory of Care-Seeking Behavior, summarize support for the relationships of proposed, explanatory variables with care-seeking behaviors, and examine support for propositions in the theory.

Women Veterans' Barriers to Care-Seeking for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

Background: Women veterans have a high prevalence of traditional and nontraditional risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including obesity and posttraumatic stress disorder. Experts from the U.S.

Interventions for Women Veterans with Mental Health Care Needs: Findings from a Scoping Review.

Experts have prioritized research on women veterans' mental health and the delivery of gender-sensitive care. The purpose of this study was to conduct a scoping review of the literature to summarize interventions for women veterans with mental health care needs designed in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We identified 1,073 articles; eight were eligible for full review and represented seven unique interventions.