The "lifeworld" of Malawian undergraduate student nurses: The challenge of learning in resource poor clinical settings

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-42

  Msiska, Gladys ^a   Smith, Pam ^b   Fawcett, Tonks ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical learning; Clinical learning environment; Clinical nursing education; Nursing education; Phenomenological research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALAWI; NURSE; NURSING SHORTAGE; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84919344017     PISSN: 22141391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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