Empowerment and being valued: A phenomenological study of nursing students' experiences of clinical practice

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-372

  Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^a   Sambrook, Sally ^b   Irvine, Fiona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Empowerment; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Longitudinal; Nursing students; Placements; Value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTORS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 79954632358     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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