Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2010

The evaluation of a successful collaborative education model to expand student clinical placements

  • Tony Barnett

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Switchback Rd., Victoria, Australia 3842, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 99026636; fax: +61 3 99026527.
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  • Merylin Cross

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Switchback Rd., Victoria, Australia 3842, Australia
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  • Lina Shahwan-Akl

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000, Australia
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Jacob

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Switchback Rd., Victoria, Australia 3842, Australia

,Accepted 25 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.01.018

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2010

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