Vermont nurse internship project a collaborative enterprise developed by nurse leaders from education, practice, and regulation

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Boyer, Susan A ^a  

^a Mt Ascutney Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency based orientation; Education practice collaboration; Nurse entry into practice; Nurse preceptors; Nursing internship; Preceptor credentialing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244271849     PISSN: 10942831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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