Evidence based practice beliefs and implementation among nurses: A cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stokke, Kjersti ^a   Olsen, Nina R ^b   Espehaug, Birgitte ^b   Nortvedt, Monica W ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Beliefs; Evidence based practice; Implementation; Nurses; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899150488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-8     Document Type: Article

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