Short hospital stays and new demands for nurse competencies

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 501-508

  Hamström, Niina ^a   Kankkunen, Päivi ^b   Suominen, Tarja ^c   Meretoja, Riitta ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Competence; Evaluation studies; Nurse Competence Scale; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84866782589     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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