Development of the holistic nursing competence scale

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-403

  Takase, Miyuki ^a   Teraoka, Sachiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competence; Holistic nursing; Nursing; Professional development; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 82455220342     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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