Development of the public health nursing competency instrument

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-114

  Cross, Sharon ^a,b   Block, Derryl ^c,d   Josten, LaVohn ^b   Reckinger, Dawn ^e   Olson Keller, Linda ^b   Strohschein, Sue ^f   Rippke, Mary ^g   Savik, Kay ^b  

^a St Paul Ramsey County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Professional Program in Nursing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^e Minnesota Department of Public Health ^*

^f Center for Public Health Nursing   (United States)

^g MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Competencies; Instrument development; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745318943     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230203.x     Document Type: Review

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