Views on the ground: Teaching and clinical assessors' views on vocational training for healthcare assistants in Ireland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-434

  McKenna, Hugh P ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^a   Hasson, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare assistants; Nursing auxiliaries; Programme evaluation; Training; Vocational qualifications; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; FACULTY, NURSING; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; IRELAND; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 17144362915     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01059.x     Document Type: Review

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