Genomics for Nursing Education and Practice: Measuring Competency

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 165-175

  Anderson, Gwen ^a,b   Alt White, Anna C ^a   Schaa, Kendra L ^a   Boyd, Andrea M ^c,d   Kasper, Christine E ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency; Genetic nursing; Genomic education; Genomic nursing; Instruments; Integrative review; Literature review; Measurement; Nursing

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NURSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930402661     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12096     Document Type: Review

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