Employer perceptions of knowledge, competency, and professionalism of baccalaureate nursing graduates from a problem-based program

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Williams, Bev ^a   Day, Rene A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employer perceptions; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 73149116670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1646     Document Type: Article

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