Registered nurses' views on nursing competence at residential facilities

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-147

  Furåker, Carina ^a   Agneta, Nilsson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elder care; Leadership; Learning; Nurses; Older people; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878241541     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511871311319722     Document Type: Article

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