Evaluation of process-oriented supervision of student nurses: A Swedish case study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-7

  Lindquist, Ingegerd ^a   Johansson, Ingrid ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical supervision; Focus groups; Organization; Process oriented supervision; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857195631     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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