Tailoring a Graduate Nurse Program to meet the needs of our next generation nurses

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-71

  Cubit, Katrina A ^a   Ryan, Brigid ^a  

^a Calvary Health Care ACT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generation Y; Graduate nurse; Graduate program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650009224     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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