Classifying general and specialist children's nursing competencies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-602

  Gibson, Faith ^a,b   Fletcher, Margaret ^c   Casey, Anne ^d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's nursing; Classification; Competencies; Generalist; Specialist

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSES; PEDIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0346729731     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0309-2402.2003.02849.x     Document Type: Review

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