Developing nursing and midwifery research priorities: A health service executive (HSE) north west study

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-208

  Parlour, Randal ^a,b   Slater, Paul ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Nursing midwifery practice; Research methods; Research utilization; Survey methodology data collection

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; COOPERATION; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MIDWIFE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDWIFERY; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84902545763     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12035     Document Type: Article

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