Assessing preregistration nursing students' clinical competence: A systematic review of objective measures

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-176

  Cant, Robyn ^a   Mckenna, Lisa ^a   Cooper, Simon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Educational measurement; Objective structured clinical examination; Students nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84876344682     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12053     Document Type: Article

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