Personal improvement project in nursing education: Learning methods and tools for continuous quality improvement in nursing practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-98

  Kyrkjebø, Jane Mikkelsen ^a   Hanestad, Berit Rokne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Education; Nursing; Personal improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037267294     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02510.x     Document Type: Article

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