The place of knowledge and evidence in the context of Australian general practice nursing

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Mills, Jane ^a   Field, John ^b   Cant, Robyn ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical nursing research; Evidence based health care; Family practice; General practice; Knowledge; Nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249101261     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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