Relationships of new nurses' perceptions and measured performance-based clinical competence

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Marshburn, Dianne M ^a   Engelke, Martha Keehner ^b   Swanson, Melvin S ^b  

^a PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949699383     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20090824-02     Document Type: Article

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