Nurse managers' strategies for the integration of newly graduated nurses into clinical units in Japan: A qualitative exploratory study

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-164

  Gregg, Misuzu F ^a   Wakisaka, Toyomi ^b   Hayashi, Chifuyu ^a  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^b KONAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical units; Integration; Newly graduated nurses; Nurse managers; Qualitative descriptive study; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888070529     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601307010157     Document Type: Article

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