Adequacy of support for new graduates during their transition into the workplace: A Queensland, Australia study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Parker, Victoria ^a   Plank, Ashley ^a   Hegney, Desley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; New graduates; Queensland; Support; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0642366748     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.2003.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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