Sufficient competence in community elderly care? Results from a competence measurement of nursing staff

BMC Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bing Jonsson, Pia Cecilie ^a   Hofoss, Dag ^a   Kirkevold, Marit ^a   Bjørk, Ida Torunn ^a   Foss, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84954225316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-016-0124-z     Document Type: Article

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