An innovative model of supportive clinical teaching and learning for undergraduate nursing students: The cluster model

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Bourgeois, Sharon ^a,b   Drayton, Nicola ^c   Brown, Ann Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical learning environment; Clinical practicum; Models; Teaching learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRECEPTORSHIP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79951682354     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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