Supporting student nurses in practice with additional online communication tools

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-75

  Morley, Dawn A ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facebook; Peer support; Practice learning; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; FACEBOOK; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TEACHER; TELEPHONE; WEB 2.0;

FACEBOOK; PEER SUPPORT; PRACTICE LEARNING; WEB 2.0;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; MENTORS; PEER GROUP; PRECEPTORSHIP; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84892519011     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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