Delegating and supervising unregistered professionals: The student nurse experience

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-235

  Hasson, Felicity ^a   McKenna, Hugh P ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delegation; Health care assistants; Mixed methods; Nursing assistants; Pre registration nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875233547     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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