Clinical decision-making of rural novice nurses

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Seright, T J ^a  

^a Montana State University College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based practice; Novice nurse; Rural hospital; Situated learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84856006814     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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