Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2010

Nurses’ information retrieval skills in psychiatric hospitals – Are the requirements for evidence-based practice fulfilled?

  • Marita Koivunen

      Affiliations

    • Satakunta Hospital District/University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science, Satakunta Central Hospital, Sairaalantie 3, FI-28500 Pori, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 500 609 695.
    • ,
  • Maritta Välimäki

      Affiliations

    • University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science/Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 2 333 8495.
    • ,
  • Heli Hätönen

      Affiliations

    • Municipality of Imatra, Mental Health Services/University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science, Turku, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 40 770 9637.

,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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PII: S1471-5953(09)00056-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.03.004

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2010

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