A core curriculum for the continuing professional development of nurses: Developed by the Education Committee on behalf of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions of the ESC

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-197

  Astin, Felicity ^a   Carroll, Diane L ^b   Ruppar, Todd ^c   Uchmanowicz, Izabella ^d   Hinterbuchner, Lynne ^e   Kletsiou, Eleni ^f   Serafin, Agnieszka ^g   Ketchell, Alison ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular nurses; continuing professional education; core curriculum; syllabus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING CAREER; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SKILL; TEACHER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 84930452513     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515115572048     Document Type: Article

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