Icelandic nurses' beliefs, skills, and resources associated with evidence-based practice and related factors: A national survey

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-126

  Thorsteinsson, Hrund S ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Evidence based practice; Nurses; Readiness; Resources; Skills; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877142882     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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