Attitudes toward guidelines in finnish primary care nursing: A questionnaire survey

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-236

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward guidelines; Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based practice; Primary care nursing; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 72249118610     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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