Government chief nursing officers' perceptions of barriers to using research on staffing: Original article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Baernholdt, Marianne ^a,b,e   Lang, N M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BARRIERS; Chief Nursing Officers; Email Survey; International Health Policy; Internet; Nurse Staffing; Research Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; GOVERNMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; GOVERNMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847014803     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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