How competent are they? Graduate nurses self-assessment of competence at the start of their careers

Collegian

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-358

  Lima, Sally ^a,b,c   Newall, Fiona ^a,b,c   Kinney, Sharon ^a,b   Jordan, Helen L ^d   Hamilton, Bridget ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Graduate nurse; Nurse Competence Scale; Transition

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84910002021     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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