Demand for nursing competencies: An exploratory study in Taiwan's hospital system

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-518

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Ketefian, Shaké ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Hospital; Management skills; Nursing competency; Patient care skills; Staff nurse

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TAIWAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041630785     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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