Clinical nurse preceptor teaching competencies: Relationship to locus of control and self-directed learning

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Chen, Ya Lin ^a   Hsu, Li Ling ^b   Hsieh, Suh Ing ^c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse preceptor; Locus of control; Self directed learning; Teaching competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865294107     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNR.0b013e318254ea72     Document Type: Article

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