Discrimination of educational outcomes between differing levels of critical care programmes by selected stakeholders in Australia: A mixed-method approach

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a   Currey, Judy ^b   Marshall, Andrea P ^c   Elliott, Doug ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care nursing; Mixed method; Nurse education; Research report

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 40749127092     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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