Description and evaluation of an initiative to develop advanced practice nurses in mainland China

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Peng, Gangyi ^b   Kan, Eva C ^c   Li, Yajie ^d   Lau, Ada T ^a   Zhang, Liying ^d   Leung, Annie F ^e   Liu, Xueqin ^d   Leung, Vilna O ^e   Chen, Weiju ^f   Li, Ming ^g  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health of Guangdong Province   (China)

^c ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^g BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

APN curriculum design; APN curriculum evaluation; APN education; APN evidence based practice; APN reflective practice; China

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; WRITING;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 77949271527     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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