Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 128-135 , January 2009

Transposing Yallom: Recognizing and understanding group dynamics in a Canadian online diploma in psychiatric nursing

  • John R. Cutcliffe

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas (Tyler), College of Nursing and Kinesiology, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799, United States
    • Stenberg College, Vancouver, Canada
    • University of Ulster, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: University of Texas (Tyler), College of Nursing and Kinesiology, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799, United States. Tel.: +1 903 565 5616.
  • ,
  • Renay Bajkay

      Affiliations

    • Stenberg College, Vancouver, Canada
    • Coast Mental Health, Foundation, Vancouver, Canada

,Accepted 4 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.08.001

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 128-135 , January 2009