Nurses' research utilization two years after graduation-a national survey of associated individual, organizational, and educational factors

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Forsman, Henrietta ^a,b   Rudman, Ann ^b   Gustavsson, Petter ^b   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a   Wallin, Lars ^b,c  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861113148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-46     Document Type: Article

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