Continuing professional development: Does it make a difference?

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-172

  Tennant, Shirley ^a   Field, Ray ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b South West London Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Continuing professional development; Evaluation; Goal attainment scale; Intensive therapy unit; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MANAGER; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GOALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 4444269369     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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