Development of competency inventory for registered nurses in the people's republic of china: Scale development

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 805-813

  Liu, Ming ^a   Kunaiktikul, Wipada ^a   Senaratana, Wilawan ^a   Tonmukayakul, Ouyporn ^a   Eriksen, Lillian ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese nurse; Competency assessment; Nursing competency; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34250010844     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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