Vaccination competence of public health nurses

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-542

  Nikula, Anne ^a   Nohynek, Hanna ^b,c   Puukka, Pauli ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Immunization; Nurse; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 80055106474     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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