Factors influencing best-practice guideline implementation: Lessons learned from administrators, nursing staff, and project leaders

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 210-219

  Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Davies, Barbara ^b   Edwards, Nancy ^b   Gifford, Wendy ^b   Miller, Pat Elliott ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Patient Services

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Clinical practice guideline implementation; Facilitators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 36849083522     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2007.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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