Ready for what? An exploration of the meaning of new graduate nurses' readiness for practice

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wolff, Angela C ^a   Regan, Sandra ^b   Pesut, Barbara ^c   Black, Joyce ^d  

^a FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d College of Registered Nurses ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Competency assessment; Nurses; Qualitative; Readiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JUDGMENT; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; THINKING;

EID: 77749298967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1827     Document Type: Article

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