Recruitment and retention initiatives: Nursing students' satisfaction with clinical experience in the mental health field

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Cleary, Michelle ^a   Happell, Brenda ^b  

^a Central Sydney Area Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical supports; Education; Enrolled Nurses; Mental health nursing; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14044252949     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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