Australian nurses' perception of the impact of their postgraduate studies on their patient care activities

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 434-442

  Pelletier, Dianne ^a   Donoghue, Judith ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0042474456     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(03)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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