Intervention research in highly unstable environments

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^a,f   Grey, Margaret ^b   Bowers, Barbara ^c   McCarthy, Ann Marie ^a,f   Gross, Deborah ^d,f   Funk, Marjorie ^b   Beck, Cornelia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Department of Gerontological Nursing Research ^*

Author keywords

Intervention research; Research settings; Research strategies; Unstable environments

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS;

EID: 59649098979     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20309     Document Type: Review

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