Competency versus hours: An examination of a current dilemma in nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Mallaber, Colin ^a   Turner, Paul ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency; Curricular hours; European union directives; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30644466594     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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