The development and evaluation of a preceptorship program using a practice development

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Ford, Karen ^a   Courtney Pratt, Helen ^b   Fitzgerald, Mary ^c  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emancipatory processes; Midwifery; Nursing; Practice development; Preceptorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875506396     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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