When a GN doesn’t become an RN: How the staff educator can help

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-19

  Poorman, Susan G ^a,b   Mastorovich, Melissa L ^b,c   Webb, Cheryl A ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology and Social Sciences at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate nurses; Nclex; Nclex failure; Nclex strategies

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036358483     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124645-200201000-00003     Document Type: Article

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