Mentoring student nurses and the educational use of self: A hermeneutic phenomenological study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 313-318

  Wilson, Anthea M E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Lifeworld; Mentorship; Nurse education; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HERMENEUTICS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MENTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84894904279     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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