The clinical nursing competences and their complexity in Belgian general hospitals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 669-678

  Defloor, Tom ^a   Van Hecke, Ann ^a   Verhaeghe, Sofie ^a   Gobert, Micheline ^b   Darras, Elisabeth ^b   Grypdonck, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Delphi study; Empirical research report; Nurse education; Nursing; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DELPHI STUDY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751291460     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04038.x     Document Type: Article

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