Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: Nurses' perceptions, knowledge, and barriers

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Majid, Shaheen ^a   Foo, Schubert ^a   Luyt, Brendan ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Theng, Yin Leng ^a   Chang, Yun Ke ^a   Mokhtar, Intan A ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79960931259     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.3.010     Document Type: Article

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