Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1190-1195

  Waugh, Anne ^a   Smith, Dave ^a   Horsburgh, Dorothy ^a   Gray, Morag ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate; Nurse midwife; Person specification; Preregistration student; Recruitment; Selection; Values

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPATHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84905217040     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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