Cultural competence among staff nurses who participated in a family-centered geriatric care program

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 103-113

  Salman, Ali ^a   McCabe, Donna ^b   Easter, Tara ^c   Callahan, Barbara ^d   Goldstein, Deborah ^e   Smith, Thomas D ^f   White, Maureen T ^e   Fitzpatrick, Joyce J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lighthouse International   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Northwell Health   (United States)

^f Patient Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEW YORK; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 34249787330     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NND.0000277179.40206.be     Document Type: Review

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