Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 40-43 , April 2006

Evidence-based practice in a small community hospital: A beginning

  • Cheryl B. Stetler, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Cheryl B. Stetler, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a consultant in evidence-based practice/evaluation in Amherst, Mass.
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  • Mary Beth Fairbrother, RN, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Mary Beth Fairbrother, RN, MBA, is the former chief nurse at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass.

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PII: S1541-4612(06)00049-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2006.02.003

Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 40-43 , April 2006