A phenomenological exploration of graduate nurse transition to professional practice within a transition to practice program

Collegian

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 319-325

  Ankers, Matthew D ^a   Barton, Christopher A ^b   Parry, Yvonne K ^a  

^a Flinders University ^*  (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graduate nurse; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Nurse transition; Shock; Transition to practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTERED NURSE; SCIENTIST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; STUDENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85029864942     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2017.09.002     Document Type: Article

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