Future distinguishing competencies of baccalaureate-educated registered nurses in nursing homes

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 438-444

  Backhaus, Ramona ^a   Verbeek, Hilde ^a   van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^c   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Nursing homes; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939171095     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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