Nursing education in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden - from bachelor's degree to PhD

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2126-2137

  Råholm, Maj Britt ^a   Hedegaard, Birte Larsen ^b   Löfmark, Anna ^a   Slettebø, Åshild ^c  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bologna Process; Competencies and Scandinavia; Curricula; Harmonization; Nursing education; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCANDINAVIA; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77955248025     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05331.x     Document Type: Article

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