Perceptions of select registered nurses of the continuing competence program of the saskatchewan registered nurses' association

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 553-559

  Bassendowski, Sandra ^a   Petrucka, Pammla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROL; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LICENSURE, NURSING; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SASKATCHEWAN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 75549089001     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20091119-05     Document Type: Article

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