Friendship fosters learning: The importance of friendships in clinical practice

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 367-371

  Roberts, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical learning; Peer learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; OBSERVATION; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 70349754549     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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