Walking with another: Rural nurses' experiences of mentoring

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-35

  Mills, Jane ^a   Francis, Karen ^a   Bonner, Ann ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Mentors; Nursing; Nursing workforce; Rural nursing; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249086305     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987107078907     Document Type: Article

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