Upgrading the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' evidence-leveling hierarchy

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-409

  Armola, Rochelle R ^a   Bourgault, Annette M ^b   Halm, Margo A ^c   Board, Rhonda M ^d   Bucher, Linda ^e   Harrington, Linda ^f   Heafey, Colleen ^g   Lee, Rosemary K ^h   Shellner, Pamela K ⁱ   Medina, Justine ⁱ  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c United Hospital   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Baptist Hospital of Miami   (United States)

ⁱ AACN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249104627     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009170     Document Type: Article

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