Role transition from student nurse to staff nurse: Facilitating the transition period

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 605-611

  Kumaran, Suji ^a   Carney, Marie ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Preceptorship; Role transition; Scope of practice; Staff nurse; Student; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRECEPTORSHIP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84929952512     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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