The transferability of information and communication technology skills from university to the workplace: A qualitative descriptive study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Bembridge, Elizabeth ^a   Levett Jones, Tracy ^b   Jeong, Sarah Yeun Sim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; New graduate nurse; Transferability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; UNIVERSITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAPE RECORDING; UNIVERSITIES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952488738     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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