Needs assessments: An array of possibilities

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-114

  DeSilets, Lynore D ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34447282491     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20070501-05     Document Type: Review

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