Nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Labeau, Sonia O ^a   Witdouck, Stijn S ^a   Vandijck, Dominique M ^b   Claes, Brigitte ^c   Rello, Jordi ^d   Vandewoude, Koenraad H ^a   Lizy, Christelle M ^a   Vogelaers, Dirk P ^e   Blot, Stijn I ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Intensive care unit; Nurses' knowledge; Patient safety; Questionnaire; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77749286389     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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