Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 361-367 , May 2011

Vaccination competence of graduating public health nurse students

  • Anne Nikula

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Nikulantie 20, FIN 07590 Huuvari, Finland. Tel.: +358 407443505.
    • ,
  • Hanna Nohynek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vaccines and Immune Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and University of Tampere, Tampere, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 405102426.
    • ,
  • Pauli Puukka

      Affiliations

    • Population Studies Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, 20720 Turku, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 400860179.
    • ,
  • Helena Leino-Kilpi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science and Hospital District of South-West Finland, Turku 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 503424384.

,Accepted 19 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.007

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