Graduate Nurse Program Coordinators' perspectives on graduate nurse programs in Victoria, Australia: A descriptive qualitative approach

Collegian

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-208

  Missen, Karen ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^b   Beauchamp, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Graduate nurse program; New graduate nurse; Transitional program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927649149     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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