Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 405-410 , July 2010

The impact of clinical simulation on learner self-efficacy in pre-registration nursing education

  • Tamsin Pike

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 141 849 4281; fax: +44 141 849 4203.
    • ,
  • Victoria O’Donnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 6NH, UK
    • Tel.: +44 141 330 1856.

,Accepted 24 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.013

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 405-410 , July 2010

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