Specialist nurse in Europe: Education, regulation and role

International Nursing Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 454-462

  Dury, C ^a,b   Hall, C ^c   Danan, J L ^d   Mondoux, J ^f   Aguiar Barbieri Figueiredo, M C ^g   Costa, M A M ^h   Debout, C ^e  

^a Nursing Department   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^f Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto ^*  (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Credentialing; European Union; Nursing Competence; Nursing Regulation; Registration; Specialist Nursing Education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 84922267728     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12123     Document Type: Article

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