Genetics and genomics in nursing: Evaluating Essentials implementation

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-627

  Thompson, Hilaire J ^a   Brooks, Mirella Vasquez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Core competencies; Genetics; Genomics; Nursing curricula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH;

EID: 79960166982     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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