Preparing new graduate nurses.

Full Abstract

As a requirement of pre-registration nurse education, student nurses must spend roughly 50% of their course, around 2300 hours, on clinical practice on hospital wards to become registered nurses. Lyn Karstadt discusses some of the international attitudes towards clinical placement, and asks whether placement time should be decreased in the UK.

Author information

Author/s: Karstadt, Lyn (L);

Affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) (Br J Nurs), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Sep 10-23; vol 18 (issue 16) : pp 961

Dates: Created 2009/09/23; Completed 2009/10/29;

PMID: 19773685, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/29/2009, IMS Date: )

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