Determining registered nurses' readiness for evidence-based practice

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 182-192

  Thiel, Linda ^a   Ghosh, Yashowanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b AQUINAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culture; Evidence based practice; Implementation; Informational literacy; Knowledge; Readiness; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CINAHL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; REGISTERED NURSE; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57349124474     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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