Expert performance in nursing: Reviewing research on expertise in nursing within the framework of the expert-performance approach

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a   Whyte IV, James ^a   Ward, Paul ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic training; Clinical performance; Clinical skills; Nursing education; Nursing expertise; Practice (psychology); Professional competence; Task performance; Training activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847139801     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200701000-00014     Document Type: Review

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