A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 832-836

  Yanhua, Chen ^a   Watson, Roger ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755190018     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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