Creating what sort of professional? Master's level nurse education as a professionalising strategy

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-112

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Master's level; Nurse education; Postgraduate; Postregistration; Professionalisation

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038826292     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00168.x     Document Type: Review

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