The Graduate Nurse Experience: Qualitative Residency Program Outcomes

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 341-348

  Fink, Regina ^a   Krugman, Mary ^b   Casey, Kathy ^b   Goode, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849095564     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000323943.82016.48     Document Type: Article

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