Testing of a measurement model for baccalaureate nursing students' self-evaluation of core competencies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2454-2463

  Hsu, Li Ling ^a   Hsieh, Suh Ing ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing students; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Core competencies; Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349866452     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05124.x     Document Type: Article

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