How nurses seek and evaluate clinical guidelines on the Internet

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-127

  Verhoeven, Fenne ^a   Steehouder, Michaël F ^a   Hendrix, Ron M G ^b   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Infectious diseases; Information technology; Internet; Midwives; Nurses; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 72249099423     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05175.x     Document Type: Article

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