Development of a shared theory in palliative care to enhance nursing competence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2113-2124

  Desbiens, Jean François ^a   Gagnon, Johanne ^a   Fillion, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing competence; Orem's conceptual model; Palliative care; Self efficacy; Shared theory; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84864313320     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05917.x     Document Type: Article

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