Coping with uncertainty within the preceptorship experience: The perceptions of nursing students

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Charleston, R ^a   Happell, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nursing education; Nursing students; Preceptorship; Psychiatric; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING EDUCATION; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 19544377999     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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