The impact of ongoing continuing professional development for nurses in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 614-625

  Evans, William ^a   Timmins, Fiona ^b,c   Nicholl, Honor ^b   Brown, Gary ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Institute of Technology ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Academic demands; Examination stress; Financial concerns; Part time studies; Stress; Student

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547790353     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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