Moving in circles: A brief history of reports and inquiries relating to mental health content in undergraduate nursing curricula

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 643-648

  Happell, Brenda ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Government inquiries; Mental health; Nursing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LICENSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 77956094186     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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