Newly qualified nurses: Competence or confidence?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-468

  Roberts, Debbie ^a   Johnson, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Nurse Education Today   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 67349217407     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.002     Document Type: Editorial

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