To describe potential strategies that may be useful in translating research into practice and to review the findings of recent reviews of the research conducted within medicine.Review articles, textbooks, research studies, and guidelines.The most effective way to change physician behavior is through multifaceted strategies tailored to the particular setting. Strategies with consistent effect are education outreach visits and reminders.The generalizability of these findings to nursing is not known. However, appraising this body of knowledge in medicine should help nursing's future efforts to investigate how to best translate research into practice.