The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: Desirable knowledge, skills and attitudes from the perspective of nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 901-910

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Palmer, Christine ^a   Tennent, Rebeka ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program; Mental health nurses; Skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; NURSES;

EID: 79951520672     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03510.x     Document Type: Article

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