Mind the gap: Quantifying the performance gap between observed and required clinical competencies in undergraduate nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 667-669

  Pijl Zieber, Em M ^a   Barton, Sylvia ^b   Konkin, Jill ^c   Awosoga, Olu ^a   Caine, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84897052473     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.09.017     Document Type: Editorial

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