The perennial struggle to find clinical placement opportunities: A Canadian national survey

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 798-803

  Smith, Patricia M ^a   Corso, Linda N ^b   Cobb, Nancy ^b  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b Principals InfoFinders   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical placements; Placement shortages; Pre licensure placements; Uundergraduate placements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRECEPTORSHIP;

EID: 77957920205     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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