Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice: An integrative literature review

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 437-446

  Killam, Laura A ^a   Luhanga, Florence ^b   Bakker, Debra ^b  

^a Cambrian College   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; REVIEW; SAFETY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80051712891     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20110517-05     Document Type: Review

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