Indicators for competent nursing practice

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-102

  Meretoja, Riitta ^a,d   Eriksson, Elina ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036515447     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0966-0429.2001.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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