The importance of clinical experience for mental health nursing - Part 2: Relationships between undergraduate nursing students' attitudes, preparedness, and satisfaction

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Happell, Brenda ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Clinical experience; Education; Mental health; Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 51449089181     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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