Development and evaluation of an undergraduate training course for developing international council of nurses disaster nursing competencies in China

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-413

  Chan, Sunshine S S ^a   Chan, Wai shan ^a   Cheng, Yijuan ^b   Fung, Olivia W M ^a   Lai, Timothy K H ^a   Leung, Amanda W K ^a   Leung, Kevin L K ^a   Li, Sijian ^a   Yip, Annie L K ^a   Pang, Samantha M C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Course evaluation; Curriculum development; Disaster nursing competencies; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 78649616544     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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