Transitioning from Novice to Competent: What Can We Learn From the Literature About Graduate Nurses in the Emergency Setting?

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-440

  Valdez, Anna Maria ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FORECASTING; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; FORECASTING; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRECEPTORSHIP; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51649097102     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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