Entry into Community-Based Nursing Practice: Perceptions of Prospective Employers.

Hahn, Ellen J.; Bryant, Rosemary; Peden, Ann; Robinson, Kay L.; Williams, Carolyn A.

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ERIC Number: EJ571444

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Entry into Community-Based Nursing Practice: Perceptions of Prospective Employers.

Hahn, Ellen J.; Bryant, Rosemary; Peden, Ann; Robinson, Kay L.; Williams, Carolyn A.

Journal of Professional Nursing, v14 n5 p305-13 Sep-Oct 1998

Focus groups with 18 health-care employers identified assessment, independence, critical thinking, and collaboration as the most important skills and qualities for community-health practice. Partnerships to improve undergraduate nursing curricula and the marketability of nursing graduates were developed. (SK)

Descriptors: Community Health Services, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Nursing, Nursing Education, Partnerships in Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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