Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Education. Challenges and Opportunities

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-479

  Sroczynski, Maureen ^a,b   Dunphy, Lynne M ^c  

^a Farley Associates   (United States)

^b Rhode Island Center for Nursing Excellence   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nursing education; Clinical partnerships; Competency based education; Health care reform; Interprofessional education (IPE); Nurse practitioner education; Nursing workforce

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868536771     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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