The essence of professional competence experienced by Norwegian nurse students: A phenomenological study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Thorkildsen, Kari ^a   Råholm, Maj Britt ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caring; Competence; Phenomenology and learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77952744749     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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