The views of mental health nurses on continuing professional development

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3561-3566

  Cleary, Michelle ^a   Horsfall, Jan ^b   O'Hara Aarons, Maureen ^a   Jackson, Debra ^c   Hunt, Glenn E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; Employment intentions; Inpatient mental health nurses; Nurse retention; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 81155152661     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03745.x     Document Type: Article

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