Comparison of the clinical competence of nurses working in two university hospitals in Iran

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-288

  Bahreini, Masoud ^a   Shahamat, Shohreh ^b   Hayatdavoudi, Paritchehr ^c   Mirzaei, Mostafa ^a  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical competence; Hospital; Iran; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052266427     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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