Challenging clinical learning environments: Experiences of undergraduate nursing students

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-213

  O'Mara, Linda ^a   McDonald, Jane ^b   Gillespie, Mary ^c   Brown, Helen ^d   Miles, Lynn ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BScN Program Conestoga College   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical educator; Clinical learning environment; Faculty student relationships; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FACULTY-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CLINICAL EDUCATOR; CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; FACULTY-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897597806     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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