Emergency preparedness competencies: Assessing nurses' educational needs

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Wisniewski, Rebekka ^a   Dennik Champion, Gina ^a   Peltier, James W ^b  

^a Wisconsin Nurses Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FIRST AID; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; TERRORISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 6344261588     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200410000-00009     Document Type: Article

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