Reliability of standardized patients used in a communication study on international nurses in the United States of America

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-73

  Bolstad, Anne L ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Shen, Jay J ^a   Covelli, Margaret ^b   Torpey, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

International nurse; Intraclass correlation; Nursing; Reliability; Standardized patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857194063     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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