Getting off to a good start? A multi-site study of orienting student nurses during aged care clinical placements

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Robinson, Andrew ^a   Abbey, Jennifer ^b   Abbey, Brian ^b   Toye, Christine ^c   Barnes, Lynne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care placements; Clinical education; Orientation; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STUDENT;

AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; PRECEPTORSHIP; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 58549108771     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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