International nursing students and what impacts their clinical learning: Literature review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-142

  Edgecombe, Kay ^a   Jennings, Michele ^a   Bowden, Margaret ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Clinical learning; International nursing students; Literature review

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84873571133     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.07.015     Document Type: Review

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