Preceptorship: Using an Ethical Lens to Reflect on the Unsafe Student

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Earle Foley, Vicki ^a,b   Myrick, Florence ^a   Luhanga, Florence ^c   Yonge, Olive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical lens; Ethical theory; Preceptorship; Unsafe student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; NURSING STUDENT;

ETHICS; PRECEPTORSHIP; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84855947527     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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