A competency-based approach to public health nursing performance appraisal

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-138

  Kalb, Kate Bracy ^a,b   Cherry, Nancy M ^a   Kauzloric, Jayne ^a   Brender, Annette ^a   Green, Kathy ^a   Miyagawa, LeaAnn ^a   Shinoda Mettler, Anne ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Competencies; Performance appraisal; Public health nursing; Supervision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33745291515     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230204.x     Document Type: Review

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