Evidence-based practice, step by step: Asking the clinical question: A key step in Evidence-Based Practice

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 58-61

  Stillwell, Susan B ^a   Fineout Overholt, Ellen ^b   Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^b   Williamson, Kathleen M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for the Advancement of Evidence Based Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77649163939     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000368959.11129.79     Document Type: Article

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