The nutritional knowledge of Australian nurses

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Schaller, Christine ^a   James, Erica L ^b  

^a Monash University and Bendigo Health Care Group   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Nurses; Nutrition education; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETITIAN; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; VICTORIA;

EID: 21044453593     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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