Newly Graduated Nurses' Competence and Individual and Organizational Factors: A Multivariate Analysis.
Objective To study the relationships between newly graduated nurses' (NGNs') perceptions of their professional competence, and individual and organizational work-related factors. Methods A multivariate, quantitative, descriptive, correlation design was applied. Data collection took place in November...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nursing Scholarship Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 446 - 458 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2015
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