HoNOS: Is there any point in training clinicians?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 405-409

  Rock, D ^a   Preston, N ^b  

^a Ctr Clin Res in Neuropsychiat   (Australia)

^b Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

HoNOS; Inter rater reliability; Outcome measures; Psychiatric status rating scales; Training; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035496574     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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