Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 461-469

  Holland, Karen ^a   Roxburgh, Michelle ^b   Johnson, Martin ^a   Topping, Keith ^c   Watson, Roger ^d   Lauder, William ^b   Porter, Mary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Evaluation; Fitness for practice; Mentorship; Pre registration education; Student nurses and midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 74549117184     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03056.x     Document Type: Article

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