Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 232-241 , July 2010

Determinants of the Accuracy of Nursing Diagnoses: Influence of Ready Knowledge, Knowledge Sources, Disposition Toward Critical Thinking, and Reasoning Skills

  • Wolter Paans, MScN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Doctoral Student, Centre for Applied Research in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Doctoral Student, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Lecturer in Nursing, School for Nursing, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Wolter Paans: Lecturer in Nursing, School for Nursing, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Walter Sermeus, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Professor, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Roos Nieweg, MScN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Centre for Applied Research in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Cees van der Schans, PhD, PT, CE

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Centre for Applied Research in Health Care and in Nursing, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 232-241 , July 2010

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