Patients’ Perceptions of Nurses’ Skills
Peggy Rupp Wysong, RN, MSN, CCRN & Evelyn Driver, RN, PhD 
 
 
Learning Objectives - At the completion of this program, the learner will be able to:
Objective 1: Identify the characteristics most often described by study participants as indicative of a skilled nurse
Objective 2: Describe the relationship between patients’ descriptions of nurses’ skill and the 3 domains of skill in nursing practice
Objective 3: Describe the extent to which nurses’ attributes identified by patients correspond to the 8 nurse characteristics in the AACN Synergy Model
Objective 4: Discuss the application of the study findings to nursing practice
 
CE ID: C094 Contact Hours: 1.0
CERP Cat: O Synergy Cat: A
Form Expires: 8/1/2011
 
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Patients’ Perceptions of Nurses’ Skills
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