Evaluating a nursing communication skills training course: The relationships between self-rated ability, satisfaction, and actual performance

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 374-378

  Mullan, Barbara A ^a   Kothe, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Nurse education; Nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957358830     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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