Mental Health content of comprehensive pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 519-530

  McCann, Terence V ^a   Moxham, Lorna ^b   Usher, Kim ^c   Crookes, Patrick A ^d   Farrell, Gerald ^e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical agencies; Clinical hours; Mental health nursing; Pre registration nursing curricula; Survey; Theory hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350540371     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987109347041     Document Type: Article

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