A Study of Chief Nurse Executives Indicates Low Prioritization of Evidence-Based Practice and Shortcomings in Hospital Performance Metrics Across the United States

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-14

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a   Gallagher Ford, Lynn ^a   Thomas, Bindu Koshy ^a   Troseth, Michelle ^b   Wyngarden, Kathy ^b   Szalacha, Laura ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief nurse; Evidence based practice; Health care; Nurse executive; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958125033     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12133     Document Type: Article

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