Quality improvement or research-deciding which road to take

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 58-63

  Stausmire, Julie M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84917696665     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: 19408250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2014177     Document Type: Article

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