The development of NEdSERV: Quantitative instrumentation to measure service quality in nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 396-407

  Roberts, Paula ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033154433     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0339     Document Type: Article

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