Practical application of the Delphi technique in a bicultural mental health nursing study in New Zealand

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-109

  Hardy, Derrylea J ^a   O'Brien, Anthony P ^a,b   Gaskin, Cadeyrn J ^c   O'Brien, Anthony J ^d,e   Morrison Ngatai, Erina ^a   Skews, Georgina ^f   Ryan, Tom ^g   McNulty, Neil ^h  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^f CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^g Townsville Intgd Mental Hlth Serv   (Australia)

^h CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consensus; Delphi technique; Mental health nursing; New Zealand; Standards of practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 1842830806     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2003.02969.x     Document Type: Article

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