'Practising under your own Pin'- a description of the transition experiences of newly qualified midwives

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1061-1071

  Avis, Mark ^a   Mallik, Maggie ^a   Fraser, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence; Diary data; Newly qualified midwife; Preceptorship; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDWIFERY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRECEPTORSHIP;

EID: 84887989862     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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