An exploration of graduate nurses' perceptions of their preparedness for practice after undertaking the final year of their bachelor of nursing degree in a university-based clinical school of nursing

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Watt, Elizabeth ^a   Pascoe, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graduate nurse; Nursing education; Preparedness for practice; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNIVERSITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SELF EFFICACY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84874195717     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12032     Document Type: Article

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