Problem-solving competency of nursing graduates

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 500-509

  Uys, Leana R ^a   Van Rhyn, Lily L ^b   Gwele, Nomthandaso S ^a   McInerney, Patricia ^a   Tanga, Tobeka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Nurse; Nursing; Problem based learning; Problem solving competency; South Africa; Stages of practice

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 9144220207     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03232.x     Document Type: Article

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