Assessment of nursing student's learning outcomes and employment choice after the implementation of a senior capstone course

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rebeschi, Lisa ^a   Aronson, Barbara ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capstone; Clinical teaching; Nursing education; Use of preceptors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEW ENGLAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 68249084064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1775     Document Type: Article

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