Clinical education facilitators: A literature review

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 664-673

  Lambert, Veronica ^a   Glacken, Michèle ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical; Education; Facilitation; Nursing; Practice; Teacher

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING THEORY; PRECEPTORSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 20544450731     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01136.x     Document Type: Review

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