Poor or inconsistent research utilization into clinical practice is a recurrent theme across
study contexts, rendering leaders disillusioned with how best to foster the uptake of research into nursing
practice. This makes it imperative to look to new approaches. Research utilization involves a learning
process engaging attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors; yet, this is often overlooked in approaches and models
used to facilitate research use. This oversight may offer some explanation to the limited progress in
research utilization to date. Transformation Theory offers an explanatory theory and specific strategies
(critical reflection and critical discourse) to explore attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors so that they are
understood, validated, and can better guide actions