Developing a competence framework and evaluation tool for primary care nursing in South Africa

Education for Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-144

  Strasser, Susan ^a,c   London, Leslie ^a   Kortenbout, Elma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Nursing; Primary care; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 22144440169     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280500145615     Document Type: Article

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