Registered nurses' use of research findings in the care of older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1430-1441

  Boström, Anne Marie ^a,b   Kajermo, Kerstin Nilsson ^c   Nordström, Gun ^c   Wallin, Lars ^c  

^a Care Sciences and Society ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovations; Logistic regression model; Nurses; Nursing; Older people care; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSE; SWEDEN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSES; SWEDEN;

EID: 64549118291     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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