The Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education (GENE) Course: An Evaluation

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Désy, Pierre M ^a   Prohaska, Thomas R ^a  

^a Des Plaines   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 51649115253     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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