Nurse Competence Scale: Development and psychometric testing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-133

  Meretoja, Riitta ^a   Isoaho, Hannu ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competence assessment; Measurement; Nurse competence; Performance; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 3242741862     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03071.x     Document Type: Article

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