Self-assessment of nursing competencies - Validation of the Finnish NCS instrument with Italian nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-791

  Dellai, Marisa ^a   Mortari, Luigina ^a   Meretoja, Riitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural issues; Evaluation research; Instrument development; Practice development; Professional development; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSES; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449623023     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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