Credentialing for public health nurses: Personally valued ... but not well recognized: Special focus: Credentialing: Practice concepts

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-448

  Bekemeier, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Credentialing; Public health nursing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CREDENTIALING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547957409     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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