A European survey of general nurses' self assessment of competence

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-458

  Cowan, David T ^a   Wilson Barnett, Jenifer ^b   Norman, Ian J ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Nurse competence; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSING; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 34250177249     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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