Whither nursing? Discourses underlying the attribution of master's level performance in nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 621-628

  Ashworth, Peter D ^a   Gerrish, Kate ^b   McManus, Mike ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competencies; Consultants; Discourse analysis; Master's level; Nurse education; Postregistration education; Senior nursing roles; United Kingdom practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035374565     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01791.x     Document Type: Article

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