Building research capacity in the nursing workforce: The design and evaluation of the nurse researcher role

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Chan, Raymond ^a   Gardner, Glenn ^a,b   Webster, Joan ^a   Geary, Alanna ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Capacity building; Evidence based practice; Nurse researcher; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955141076     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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