My practice evolution: An appreciation of the discrepancies between the idealism of nursing education and the realities of hospital practice

Creative Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-24

  Perkins, Danielle E K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING THEORY; STUDENTS, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77950908704     PISSN: 10784535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1078-4535.16.1.21     Document Type: Article

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