Nursing graduates' perceptions of their undergraduate clinical placement

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hartigan Rogers, Jackie A ^a   Cobbett, Shelley L ^a   Amirault, Mardi A ^a   Muise Davis, Martha E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical placement; Graduate nurses; Nursing education; Supportive relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33847198639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1276     Document Type: Article

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