Designing and delivering clinical risk management education for graduate nurses: An Australian study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-257

  Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a   Kanitsaki, Olga ^a   Currie, Tracey ^a   Smith, Enid ^b   McGennisken, Chris ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Stawell Regional Health   (Australia)

^c Deakin University School of Medicine and Western District Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Clinical risk management; Education; Graduate nurses; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SAFETY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447316179     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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