A clinical internship model for the nurse practitioner programme

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Lee, Geraldine A ^a   Fitzgerald, Les ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical internship; Curriculum; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TEACHER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; SELF EFFICACY; VICTORIA;

EID: 52749090346     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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