What do mentors find difficult?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1627-1634

  Moseley, Laurence G ^a   Davies, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Likert Thurstone scales; Mentors; Nurses; Nursing; Role

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTORS; NEGATIVISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRECEPTORSHIP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; WALES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 43849098746     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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