Finnish and Swedish nursing students' experiences of their first clinical practice placement - A qualitative study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-302

  Jonsén, Elisabeth ^a   Melender, Hanna Leena ^b   Hilli, Yvonne ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VAMK   (Finland)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Nursing students; Positive and negative experiences; Preceptors; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875264069     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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