Clinical decision-making skills on the developmental journey from student to Registered Nurse: A longitudinal inquiry

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-269

  Standing, Mooi ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Document analysis; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Interviews; Longitudinal study; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34848886402     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04407.x     Document Type: Article

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