Evaluation of an integrated communication skills training program for nurses in cancer care in Beijing, China

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Liu, Jun E ^a   Mok, Esther ^b   Wong, Thomas ^b   Xue, Lan ^c   Xu, Bo ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Evaluation; Training program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34248340986     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000270030.82736.8c     Document Type: Article

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