A comparison of research utilization among nurses working in Canadian civilian and United States Army healthcare settings

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-296

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a   Kenny, Deborah J ^b   Adewale, Adeniyi J ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a,d   Mallidou, Anastasia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TriService Nursing Research Program   (United States)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d CIHR ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based nursing; Military nursing; Nursing practice; Organizational context; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIBRARY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MILITARY NURSING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, NURSING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY NURSING; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250830897     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20218     Document Type: Article

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