Building a unit-level mentored program to sustain a culture of inquiry for evidence-based practice

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 329-337

  Breckenridge Sproat, Sara T ^a   Throop, Meryia D ^b   Raju, Dheeraj ^c   Murphy, Deborah A ^d   Loan, Lori A ^c   Patrician, Patricia A ^c  

^a US Army Europe Regional Medical Command ^*  (Germany)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d National Intrepid Center of Excellence Network Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Evidence based practice; Mentor; Military healthcare; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MILITARY NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHER;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MENTORS; MILITARY NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84944040113     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000161     Document Type: Article

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