Nurse residents' first-hand accounts on transition to practice

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e2-

  Clark, Cynthia M ^a   Springer, Pamela J ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IOM Report; Krueger's Systematic Process; New graduates; Nurse Residency program; Transition from education to practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863753269     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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