Providing meaningful continuing education in a changing long-term care environment

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Tryssenaar, Joyce ^a   Gray, Heather ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Thunder Bay District Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Learning needs; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONG-TERM CARE; NARRATION; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TEACHING;

EID: 2142771837     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124645-200401000-00001     Document Type: Article

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