Burden versus benefit: Continuing nurse academics' experiences of working with sessional teachers

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Peters, Kathleen ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^c   Salamonson, Yenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Nurse education; Sessional teachers; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959713548     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.35     Document Type: Article

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