Practical tips for literature synthesis

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Westlake, Cheryl ^a  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865793706     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318263d766     Document Type: Article

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