Use of research by nurses during their first two years after graduating

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 878-890

  Forsman, Henrietta ^a,b   Rudman, Ann ^b   Gustavsson, Petter ^b   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a   Wallin, Lars ^b,c  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Cluster analysis; Evidence based practice; Nurses; Prospective; Questionnaire; Research use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951596834     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05223.x     Document Type: Article

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