Realizing the Imperative of Clinical Nursing Research: The Experiences of a Collaborative Research Program in Long-Term Care

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Dawson, Pamela ^a,b  

^a Collab Res Prog Long Term Care ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COOPERATION; FACULTY PRACTICE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AGED; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NURSING FACULTY PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0032085473     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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