Nurse educators' perceived challenges in mandatory continuing nursing education

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Xiao, L D ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Mandatory continuing nursing education; Policy; The People's Republic of China

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33746572047     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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