Senior nurse role expectations of graduate registered and enrolled nurses in Australia: Content analysis of open-ended survey questions

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-218

  Jacob, Elisabeth R ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a   D'Amore, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Enrolled nurse; Nursing; Registered nurse; Role

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; NURSE'S ROLE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923278340     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2014.11081943     Document Type: Article

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