Estimating the cost of professional developmental activities in health organizations

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Bjørk, Ida Torunn ^a   Tørstad, Solveig ^b   Hansen, Brit Sætre ^c   Samdal, Gro Beate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NORWAY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69949132066     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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