Time to precept: Supportive and limiting conditions for precepting nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 432-441

  Carlson, Elisabeth ^a   Pilhammar, Ewa ^b   Wann Hansson, Christine ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Ethnography; Nurse education; Precepting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 75649099715     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05174.x     Document Type: Article

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