Nurses' experiences of guideline implementation: A focus group study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2613-2621

  Alanen, Seija ^a   Välimäki, Maritta ^b   Kaila, Minna ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Evidence based practice; Nurses; Nursing; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING PROCESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING PROCESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68949101617     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02754.x     Document Type: Article

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