Supernumerary status - An unrealised ideal

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Elcock, Karen S ^a   Curtis, Peter ^a   Sharples, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical learning; Student nurses; Supernumerary status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; MENTORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRECEPTORSHIP; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33846030472     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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