Advanced nursing assistant education program

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-362

  Lerner, Nancy B ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^b   Galik, Elizabeth ^b   Russ, Karin Gunther ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MARYLAND; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77956074949     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20100401-10     Document Type: Article

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