Belongingness: A prerequisite for nursing students' clinical learning

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Levett Jones, Tracy ^a   Lathlean, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belongingness; Clinical placement; Learning; Nursing student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 39149083039     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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