Contributing to a culture of learning: A mentor development and support project for australian rural nurses

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Mills, Jane ^a   Lennon, Donna ^b   Francis, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning environments; Mentor; Mentoring; Remote; Rural; Rural nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHER;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 38749109294     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2007.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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