Facilitators and barriers to clinical practice guideline use among nurses: Survey responses from direct-care RNs speak to the importance of social and organizational factors in supporting the use of guidelines

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 26-35

  Abrahamson, Kathleen A ^a   Fox, Rebekah L ^b   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^c,d  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; clinical practice guidelines; evidence based practice; facilitators; implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84863310985     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000415957.46932.bf     Document Type: Article

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