Nurse Education Today
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 10-14 , January 2012

Pre-registration paid employment choice: The views of newly qualified nurses

  • Craig Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia City East Campus, South Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 8302 2174; fax: +61 8 8302 2168.
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  • Amanda Kenny

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Bendigo Campus, Victoria, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 5444 7545; fax: +61 3 5444 7977.
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  • Colleen Smith

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia City East Campus, South Australia, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 8 8302 2038; fax: +61 8 8302 2168.
    • ,
  • Adrian Esterman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia City East Campus, South Australia, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 8 8302 2163; fax: +61 8 8302 2168.

,Accepted 10 January 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.01.007

Nurse Education Today
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