Nursing intellectual capital theory: Testing selected propositions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2432-2445

  Covell, Christine L ^a   Sidani, Souraya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Human capital; Nurse staffing; Nursing theory; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CAPITAL; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; NURSE STAFFING; NURSING THEORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING THEORY; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84885172049     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12118     Document Type: Article

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