Competency frameworks for advanced practice nursing: A literature review

International Nursing Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 534-542

  Sastre Fullana, P ^a   De Pedro Gomez J E ^a   Bennasar Veny, M ^a   Serrano Gallardo, P ^b   Morales Asencio, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced Practice Nursing; Clinical Competence; Competence; Competency Assessment; Literature Review; Nurse Practitioners; Nursing; Practice Patterns; Professional Role; Scope of Practice

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE; STANDARDS;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84938891917     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12132     Document Type: Article

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