Learning how we learn: An ethnographic study in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 657-664

  Hunter, Cynthia Louise ^a   Spence, Kaye ^b   McKenna, Kate ^c   Iedema, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Neonatal intensive care unit; Nursing; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE CLINICIANS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 44349181045     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04632.x     Document Type: Article

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