Defining what evidence is, linking it to patient outcomes, and making it relevant to practice: Insight from clinical nurses

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 105-109

  Jeffs, Lianne ^a,b   Beswick, Susan ^c   Lo, Joyce ^c   Campbell, Heather ^c   Ferris, Ella ^c   Sidani, Souraya ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice guideline implementation; Nurses view on evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; NURSES VIEW ON EVIDENCE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION; NURSES VIEW ON EVIDENCE;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84880941876     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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