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Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 71-77 , April 2009

Internal conflict: Undergraduate nursing students’ response to inadequate supervision during the administration of medication

  • Kerry Reid-Searl, RN, RM, Bhlth Sc, MClin Ed, PhD, MRCNA

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  • Lorna Moxham, RN, BHSc, Med, PhD, FACMHN

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  • Sandra Walker, RN, RM, BN, BEd, MN, PhD

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  • Brenda Happell, RN, RPN, BA (Hons), DipEd, BEd, MEd, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Health Innovation, CQU Healthy Communities, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health, CQUniversity Australia, Bruce Highway, Rockhampton, 4702, Queensland, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 49306971; fax: +61 7 49309871.

Received 21 March 2008 ,Revised 14 October 2008 ,Accepted 18 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.11.002

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