Factors influencing student nurse decisions to report poor practice witnessed while on placement

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 900-905

  Ion, R ^a   Smith, K ^a   Nimmo, S ^a   Rice, A M ^b   McMillan, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause for concern; Nursing; Poor practice; Reporting; Student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84929838309     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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