Building on Wenger: Communities of practice in nursing

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Andrew, Nicola ^a   Tolson, Debbie ^a   Ferguson, Dorothy ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Community engagement; Knowledge generation; Nursing; Organisational development; Practice development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 38849139553     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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