Collegian
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 55-61 , May 2008

Building capacity for the clinical placement of nursing students

  • Tony Barnett, RN, BAppSc(AdvNsg) MEd, FRCNA, FRSA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Northways Road, Churchill, 3842 Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 99026636; fax: +61 3 99026527.
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  • Merylin Cross, RN, DipAppSci(Nsg Ed), BA(Hons)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Northways Road, Churchill, 3842 Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Jacob, RN, DipAppSci(Nsg), Grad Dip Crit Care, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Bairnsdale Regional Health Service, Australia
    • ,
  • Lina Shahwan-Akl, RN, PhD, MSc, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Australia
    • ,
  • Anthony Welch, RN, RPN, Dip Counselling Communications, DipAppSci(Nsg Ed), BEd, MEd, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, QUT, Australia
    • ,
  • Alison Caldwell, RN, BN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Australia
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  • Robyn Berry, RN, MN

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.002

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