Belongingness: A critique of the concept and implications for nursing education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-218

  Levett Jones, Tracy ^a   Lathlean, Judith ^b   Maguire, Jane ^c   McMillan, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belongingness; Clinical placements; Nursing students; Sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRIVE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRIVE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33847286432     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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