The role of nursing unit culture in shaping research utilization behaviors

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-309

  Scott, Shannon D ^a,c   Pollock, Carolee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Aberhart Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Evidence based practice; Organizational culture; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTHORITARIANISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LEADERSHIP; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50349101184     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20264     Document Type: Article

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