On being of good character: Nurse education and the assessment of good character

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 762-767

  Sellman, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Character assessment; Good character

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHARACTER; CODES OF ETHICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRUST;

EID: 34548080118     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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