Evidence-based practice barriers and facilitators from a continuous quality improvement perspective: An integrative review

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-120

  Solomons, Nan M ^a,b   Spross, Judith A ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Evidence based practice; Integrative review; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651374145     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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