Use of public health nurse competencies to develop a childcare health consultant workforce

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Wold, Judith Lupo ^a   Gaines, Sherry K ^a   Leary, Janie M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare health consultation; Clinical competence; Community health; Competencies; Population based care; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSULTATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSULTANTS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745324369     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230205.x     Document Type: Review

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