Misconceptions among nurses about evidence-based practice

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-127

  Jennings, Bonnie Mowinski ^a,c   Loan, Lori A ^b  

^a Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Evidence based nursing; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0035232149     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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