Gerontological care in nursing education programmes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-148

  Deschodt, Mieke ^a,b   De Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^a   Milisen, Koen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Competencies; Education; Gerontology; Nursing; Nursing curricula; Older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARD;

BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS;

EID: 72249101674     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05160.x     Document Type: Article

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