Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 521-527 , August 2010

Predictors of knowledge, attitudes, use and future use of evidence-based practice among baccalaureate nursing students at two universities

  • Caroline E. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Evidence-Based Practice/Research Liaison, UCSD Medical Center, Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 619 543 6620; fax: +1 619 543 7397.
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  • Son Chae Kim

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Dr., San Diego, CA 92106, USA
    • Tel.: +1 619 849 7146; fax: +1 619 849 2672.
    • ,
  • Jaynelle F. Stichler

      Affiliations

    • Concentration Chair for Nurse Leadership in Health Systems, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182 – 4158, USA
    • Tel.: +1 858 451 8557; fax: +1 858 451 9882.
    • ,
  • Willa Fields

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182 – 4158, USA
    • Tel.: +1 858 756 5642.

,Accepted 29 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.021

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 521-527 , August 2010

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