Developing an empirical base for clinical nurse specialist education

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Stahl, Arleen M ^a,b   Nardi, Deena ^a   Lewandowski, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health; Clinical competencies; CNS education; CNS practice; Competencies of CNS practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSE CLINICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649104004     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000311694.69791.e9     Document Type: Review

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