Achieving fitness to practice: Contributing to public and patient protection in nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-447

  Tee, Steve R ^a   Jowett, Rosalynd M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fitness; Professional; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY;

EID: 67349145403     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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