Knowledge use in nursing practice: The importance of practical understanding and personal involvement

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-136

  Skår, Randi ^a,b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Knowledge use; Nursing practice; Professional development; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 73749083844     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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