Evidence in the palm of your hand: Development of an outcomes-focused knowledge translation intervention

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Doran, Diane M ^a   Mylopoulos, John ^a   Kushniruk, André ^b   Nagle, Lynn ^a   Laurie Shaw, Brenda ^c   Sidani, Souraya ^a   Tourangeau, Ann E ^a   Lefebre, Nancy ^d   Reid Haughian, Cheryl ^e   Carryer, Jennifer R ^a   Cranley, Lisa A ^a   McArthur, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Saint Elizabeth Health Care   (Canada)

^e ParaMed Home Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Cross sectional; Decision making; Evidence based practice; Focus groups; Hand held computer; Home care; Knowledge translation; Nurses; Observation; Point of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249790555     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2007.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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