Guest Editorial: Evidence-based practice: Destination or journey?

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 273-275

  Stevens, Kathleen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149486703     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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