An Urgent Call to Action for Nurse Leaders to Establish Sustainable Evidence-Based Practice Cultures and Implement Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Healthcare Quality

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-5

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a  

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Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84958103559     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12150     Document Type: Editorial

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