Nurse residency programs:An esssential requirement for nursing

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Goode, Colleen J ^a   Lynn, Mary R ^b   Krsek, Cathleen ^c   Bednash, Geraldine D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^d Colleges of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149099489     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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