A Questionnaire for Assessing Community Health Nurses' Learning Needs

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1055-1072

  Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Valaitis, Ruta K ^a   Schofield, Ruth ^a   Underwood, Jane ^a   Martin Misener, Ruth ^b   Baumann, Andrea ^a   Kolotylo, Camille ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

community health nursing; continuing education; learning; needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78049454125     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945910373600     Document Type: Article

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