Developing skills in safe patient handling: Mentors' views about their role in supporting student nurses

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Kneafsey, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mentors; Patient handling; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; LIFTING; MENTORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 35148824756     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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