Acute care nurses' perceptions of barriers to using research information in clinical decision-making

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-60

  McCaughan, Dorothy ^a   Thompson, Carl ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^a   Sheldon, Trevor A ^a   Thompson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to research utilization; Evidence based nursing; Mixed method case design; Q methodology; Research information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; Q-SORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036631464     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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