Nursing students' perceptions of learning in the clinical setting of the Dedicated Education Unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Ranse, Kristen ^a   Grealish, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practicum; Communities of practice; Empirical research report; Focus groups; Nurse education; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34047241355     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04220.x     Document Type: Article

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