A context of uncertainty: How context shapes nurses' research utilization behaviors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-357

  Scott, Shannon D ^a   Estabrooks, Carole A ^a   Allen, Marion ^a   Pollock, Carolee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Knowledge translation; Research implementation; Research utilization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; UNCERTAINTY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 38849184120     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307313354     Document Type: Article

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