Prehospital Emergency Nursing students' experiences of learning during prehospital clinical placements

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Wallin, Kim ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b   Thorén, Ann Britt ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Clinical supervisor; Critical Incident Technique; Education; Experience; Learning environment; Prehospital clinical placement; Prehospital Emergency Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISOR; CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREHOSPITAL CLINICAL PLACEMENT; PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENT; SWEDEN;

AMBULANCE; CLINICAL SUPERVISOR; CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PREHOSPITAL CLINICAL PLACEMENT; PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY NURSING; STUDENTS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880044106     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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