Same...same but different: Expectations of graduates from two midwifery education courses in Australia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2315-2324

  Hammond, Athena ^a   Gray, Joanne ^a   Smith, Rachel ^a   Fenwick, Jennifer ^a   Homer, Caroline Se ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Expectations; Midwifery; Midwifery education; New graduate; Nurses; Nursing; Workforce intentions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960366766     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03774.x     Document Type: Article

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