Improvement of communication and interpersonal competence in telenursing - development of a self-assessment tool

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1489-1501

  Johnson, Christina ^a   Wilhelmsson, Susan ^a   Börjeson, Sussanne ^a   Lindberg, Malou ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Communication; Hotlines; Instrument development; Nurse patient relations; Self assessment; Telenursing; Triage

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING PROCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; TELENURSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TELENURSING;

EID: 84929668739     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12705     Document Type: Article

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