Evidence-based practice, step by step: Sustaining evidence-based practice through organizational policies and an innovative model

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a,e   Fineout Overholt, Ellen ^b   Gallagher Ford, Lynn ^c   Stillwell, Susan B ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Texas Baptist University   (United States)

^c Transdisciplinary Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Innovation ^*  (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 80052513333     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000405063.97774.0e     Document Type: Article

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