Legacy mentors: Translating the wisdom of our senior nurses

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Clauson, Marion ^a   Wejr, Patricia ^b   Frost, Linda ^c   McRae, Cora ^d   Straight, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Nurses Union   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning environments; Mentoring; Older nurses; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79951670401     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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