An online listserv for nurse practitioners: A viable venue for continuous nursing professional development?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Hara, Noriko ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing; Education; Knowledge; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849092235     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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