A Test of the ARCC© Model Improves Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Culture, and Patient Outcomes

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-9

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a,b   Fineout Overholt, Ellen ^c   Giggleman, Martha ^d   Choy, Katie ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e Washington Hospital Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

ARCC; evidence based practice; organizational culture; patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 85007346828     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12188     Document Type: Article

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