Becoming a registered nurse: The nurse extern experience

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-92

  Starr, Kimberly ^a,b,c,e   Conley, Virginia M ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Otero Junior College   (United States)

^c Thomas Edison State College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33748120527     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20060201-08     Document Type: Review

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