Nurse Residency Programs: An Integrative Review of the Literature

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-101

  Letourneau, Rayna M ^a   Fater, Kerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrative Review; Newly Licensed Nurses; Nurse Residency Program; Transition into Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECEPTORSHIP; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951314679     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/13-1229     Document Type: Review

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