Nursing students' views of clinical competence assessment

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 923-927

  Bradshaw, Carmel ^a   O'Connor, Maureen ^a   Egan, Geraldine ^b   Tierney, Katie ^c   Butler, Mary Pat ^a   Fahy, Anne ^a   Tuohy, Dympna ^a   Cassidy, Irene ^a   Quillinan, Bernie ^a   McNamara, Mary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b HSE West (LCNTR)   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment framework; Clinical competency assessment; Student experience; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865126197     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2012.21.15.923     Document Type: Article

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