Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 374-378 , November 2010

Evaluating a nursing communication skills training course: The relationships between self-rated ability, satisfaction, and actual performance

,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.05.007

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 374-378 , November 2010

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