Evidence-based practice: Step by step: Igniting a spirit of inquiry

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a   Fineout Overholt, Ellen ^b   Stillwell, Susan B ^c   Williamson, Kathleen M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for the Advancement of Evidence Based Practice   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350660593     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000363354.53883.58     Document Type: Article

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