Mentoring in nursing education: Perceived characteristics of mentors and the consequences of mentorship

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-278

  Huybrecht, Sabine ^a   Loeckx, Wim ^b   Quaeyhaegens, Yvo ^c   De Tobel, Danielle ^a   Mistiaen, Wilhelm ^a,d  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b ZNA Middelheim   (Belgium)

^c ZNA STER   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Mentorship; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; TEACHING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952483822     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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