Table 4.

Item Means and Standard Deviations of FRU Scale (N =743)

Rank Order	Item	Mean (SD)
1	Advanced education to increase your research knowledge base	3.92 (1.14)
2	Improving availability and accessibility of research reports	3.89 (1.09)
3	Enhancing managerial support and encouragement of research implementation	3.87 (1.16)
4	Improving the understandability of research reports	3.86 (1.11)
5	Employing nurses with research skills to serve as role models	3.83 (1.19)
6	Conducting more clinically focused and relevant research	3.79 (1.13)
7	Increasing the time available for reviewing and implementing research findings	3.54 (1.20)
8	Providing colleague support networks/mechanisms	3.52 (1.25)

FRU: Facilitators of Research Utilization scale.