meetings(Grimshaw et al., 2004). Much of the research on these four strategies focused on evidence-based practice change by physicians. This study evaluated the efectiveness of these four strategies in the adoption by nurses of an evidence-based bladder protocol in the acute care phase of the patient with stroke. The primary translation strategy of this study, the clinical practice guideline(CPG), was one of the many educational materials used. The CPGs are systematically developed statements intended to guide healthcare practitioners' decisions about the best care for specific clinical conditions. Many CPGs for the care of the patient with stroke were available. but none contained b specific bladder protocol guidelines(Duncan et al.. 2005: Tease Foley, Salter, & Bhogal. 2007). The HCPs are under increased pressure to streamline care and decrease costs by using CPGs. In addition, guidelines have the potential to encourage enective interventions and discourige ineflective interventions(Gnmshaw et.al., 2004). In a systematic review by Estabrooks and colleagues. of the six determinants of research utilization, only one had a positive association. namely individual beliefs and attitudes(Estabrooks, Floyd, Scott-Findlay. Leary& Gushta. 2003) Furthermore, Champion and Leach noted that nurses' attitudes were important predictors of behavior(Champion& Leach, 1989). When targeting dissemination and implementation strategies to improve patient care and outcomes. nurses' attitudes toward research utilization in practice must be considered