Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 630-634 , August 2009

Journeying through clinical placements – An examination of six student cases

  • Jennifer M. Newton

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9904 4375; fax: +61 3 9904 4655.
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  • Stephen Billett

      Affiliations

    • Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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  • Cherene M. Ockerby

      Affiliations

    • Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia

,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.009

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 630-634 , August 2009