Student evaluations of a year-long mentorship program: A quality improvement initiative

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-524

  van Eps, Mary Ann ^a   Cooke, Marie ^b   Creedy, Debra K ^b   Walker, Rachel ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth II Hospital   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse education; Deming cycle; Mentees; Mentors; Mentorship program; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHER; THINKING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746357254     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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