How to grow our own: An evaluation of preceptorship in New Zealand graduate nurse programmes

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-171

  Haggerty, Carmel ^a   Holloway, Kathryn ^a   Wilson, Debra ^b  

^a Whitireia Community Polytechnic   (New Zealand)

^b Medical Council of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Leadership; New graduate nurse; Preceptorship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880159428     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.43.2.162     Document Type: Article

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