The lived experiences of newly qualified nurses on clinical placement during the first six months following registration in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1534-1542

  O'Shea, Maria ^a   Kelly, Billy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Newly qualified nurses; Nurse diplomates; Nurses; Nursing; Phenomenology; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547465687     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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