Purpose of the systematic physical assessment in everyday practice: Critique of a "sacred cow"

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Zambas, Shelaine I ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMBOLISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMODERNISM;

EID: 77953334510     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20100224-03     Document Type: Article

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