Sustained nurse home visiting in early childhood: Exploring Australian nursing competencies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-259

  Kemp, Lynn ^a,c   Anderson, Teresa ^b   Travaglia, Joanne ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency; Home visiting; Public health nursing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FAMILY NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 21644439617     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220309.x     Document Type: Review

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