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Clinical nursing competency assessment: a scoping review

Frontiers of Nursing
Volume 8 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
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Language: English
Page range: 341 - 356
Submitted on: May 8, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 7, 2021
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
clinical competency assessment,
licensing examination,
nursing,
scoping review,
sub-Saharan Africag
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing

© 2021 Oboshie Anim-Boamah, Christmal Dela Christmals, Susan Jennifer Armstrong, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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