Seamless and committed collaboration as an essential factor in effective mentorship for nursing students: Conceptions of Finnish and British mentors

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 437-443

  Jokelainen, Merja ^a   Tossavainen, Kerttu ^a   Jamookeeah, David ^b,c   Turunen, Hannele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Mentorship; Nursing students; Partnership; Phenomenography; Placements; Pre registration education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84876825535     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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