Measuring clinical nurse performance: Development of the King's nurse performance scale

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 222-230

  Fitzpatrick, Joanne M ^a   While, Alison E ^a   Roberts, Julia D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical performance; Instrument development; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031159420     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(97)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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