Clinical nursing leaders', team members' and service managers' experiences of implementing evidence at a local level

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 542-555

  Kitson, Alison ^a,b   Silverston, Heidi ^c   Wiechula, Rick ^a   Zeitz, Kathryn ^d,e   Marcoionni, Danni ^f   Page, Tammy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Patient Pathways   (Australia)

^f Nurse Management Facilitator   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Leadership; Managers' role; Personal support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955963711     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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