Learning to become a nurse: Students' reflections on their clinical experiences

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Stockhausen, Lynette J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Debriefing; Journal writing; Reflective practice; Undergraduate student nurse learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33645472747     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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