Learning maternity: The experiences of rural nurses

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-55

  MacKinnon, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing professional education; Institutional ethnography; Maternity nursing; Nursing education; Rural nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PREGNANCY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77950590128     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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