Genetics-Genomics Competencies and Nursing Regulation

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Kirk, Maggie ^a   Calzone, Kathleen ^b   Arimori, Naoko ^c   Tonkin, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competence; Genetics; Genomics; Nexus; Nursing education; Nursing licensure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956269535     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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