... per-ceptions of barriers to, and facilitators of, research utiliza-tion and to examine the validity of the BARRIERS scale in relation to research use, i.e., the capacity of the Scale todiscriminate ... declare that they have no competing interests.Authors' contributionsAMB, KNK, GN and LW designed the study. AMB and KNK performed the data collection and analysis. AMB was the principal author ... own language.Regarding the characteristics of the organization, manyRNs reported lack of adequate facilities, lack of time toread and implement new ideas, and lack of support fromother staff...