A qualitative study exploring the impact of student nurses working part time as a health care assistant

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 873-879

  Hasson, Felicity ^a   McKenna, Hugh P ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care assistant; Nursing students; Part time employment; Qualitative; Socialisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881027798     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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