How nurse managers rate the clinical competencies of accelerated (second-degree) nursing graduates

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 355-358

  Rafferty, Margaret ^a   Lindell, Deborah ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958253708     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20110228-07     Document Type: Article

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