Implementation of Safe Patient Handling in the U.S. Veterans Health System: A Qualitative Study of Internal Facilitators' Perceptions

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 208-216

  Elnitsky, C A ^a,b   Powell Cope, G ^b   Besterman Dahan, K L ^b   Rugs, D ^b   Ullrich, P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care delivery system; Evidence based practice; Facilitation; Facilitator; Focus group; Implementation; Nursing practice; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT LIFTING; PERCEPTION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938564742     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12098     Document Type: Article

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