Literature review: Understanding nursing competence in dementia care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1948-1960

  Traynor, Victoria ^a   Inoue, Kumiyo ^a   Crookes, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency; Dementia; Gerontology; Literature review; Mental health

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NURSING; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 79958852600     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03511.x     Document Type: Review

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