Socialisation of new graduate nurses to practising nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 2064-2071

  Feng, Rung Fen ^a,b   Tsai, Yun Fang ^b,c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New graduate nurse; Organisational socialisation; Practising nurse; Professional socialisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862232304     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03992.x     Document Type: Article

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