A clinical ladder program based on Carper's fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Schmidt, Lee A ^a   Nelson, Deana ^b   Godfrey, Leah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; ESTHETICS; ETHICS, NURSING; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037335068     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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