Using portfolios to evaluate achievement of population-based public health nursing competencies in Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-112

  Schaffer, Marjorie A ^a   Nelson, Pamela ^a   Litt, Emily ^b  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate Nursing Students; Competencies; Critical Thinking; Evaluation; Population Based Public Health Nursing; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 17444379996     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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