The first year as a graduate nurse - An experience of growth and development

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1877-1885

  Wangensteen, Sigrid ^a   Johansson, I S ^a,b   Nordstrom G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Experience; Graduate nurses; Nurse education; Nursing; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 44949128886     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02229.x     Document Type: Article

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