Evaluating the clinical judgment of newly hired staff nurses

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 563-571

  Lasater, Kathie ^a   Nielsen, Ann E ^a   Stock, Mary ^a   Ostrogorsky, Tanya L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF NURSE; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84951273122     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20151112-09     Document Type: Article

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