Outcomes of a clinical partnership model for undergraduate nursing students

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Newton, Jennifer M ^a   White, Karin ^b   Cross, Wendy M ^c   Ockerby, Cherene ^d   Billett, Stephen ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences   (Australia)

^d Deakin Southern Health Nursing Research Centre   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical placement model; Graduate nurse transitions; Work place learning; Work readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051598272     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.39.1.119     Document Type: Article

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