A stocktake of existing aged care clinical placements for undergraduate nursing students in Australia

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Neville, Christine C ^a   Yuginovich, Trudy ^b   Boyer, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Clinical placements; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849099664     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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