Profiling Canadian nurses' preferred knowledge sources for clinical practice

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-140

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a   Chong, Huey ^a   Brigidear, Kristin ^a   Profetto McGrath, Joanne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Can Hlth Serv Research Foundation   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice nurses; Knowledge utilization; Research utilization; Sources of knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSES;

EID: 23944435136     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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