Managerial perceptions of mentor, lecturer practitioner and link tutor roles

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 923-932

  Carnwell, Ros ^a   Baker, Sally Ann ^a   Bellis, Mike ^a   Murray, Ruth ^b  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lecturer practitioner; Link tutor; Mentor; Nurse education; Theory practice gap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FACULTY PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING FACULTY PRACTICE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; WALES;

EID: 35348858051     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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