Competence gaps among unemployed new nursing graduates entering a community-based transition-to-practice program

Nurse Educator

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 56-61

  Berman, Audrey ^a   Beazley, Brandy ^a   Karshmer, Judith ^b   Prion, Susan ^b   Van, Paulina ^c   Wallace, Jonalyn ^d   West, Nikki ^e  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e California Institute for Nursing and Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF EFFICACY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84894476596     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000018     Document Type: Article

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