Care to be a nurse? Reflections on a radio broadcast and its ramifications for nursing today

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 614-617

  Shields, Linda ^a,b   Morrall, Peter ^c   Goodman, Benny ^d   Purcell, Christine ^e   Watson, Roger ^f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic nursing; Apprenticeship; Competence; Critical thinking; Degree nursing; Graduate nursing; Nursing education; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STANDARD; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RADIO; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84862515165     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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