Empowerment of nursing students in the United Kingdom and Japan: A cross-cultural study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-387

  Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^a   Irvine, Fiona ^a   Sambrook, Sally ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical placements; Cross cultural research; Empirical research report; Empowerment; Japan; Nurse education; Nursing students; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547169401     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04300.x     Document Type: Article

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