Preceptors and patients - The power of two: Nursing student experiences on their first acute clinical placement

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-47

  James, Ainsley ^a   Chapman, Ysanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical placement; Nursing students; Patients; Phenomenology; Preceptors; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953727399     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2009.34.1.034     Document Type: Article

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