Comparisons of the educational preparation of registered and enrolled nurses in Australia: The educators' perspectives

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 648-653

  Jacob, Elisabeth R ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a   D'Amore, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enrolled nurse; Nurse education; Qualitative; Registered nurse

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 84918508335     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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