Nursing competence 10 years on: Fit for practice and purpose yet?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1263-1269

  Bradshaw, Ann ^a   Merriman, Clair ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Education; Nurses; Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; NURSES; WALES;

EID: 42149131514     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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