Nurse residency program: Best practices for optimizing organizational success

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Bratt, Marilyn Meyer ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; TEACHER;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; MENTORS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 84880667079     PISSN: 21699798     EISSN: 2169981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NND.0b013e318292649f     Document Type: Article

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