Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 398-402 , November 2009

Clinical Progression Portfolio: A resource for enhancing learning partnerships

  • Marie Cooke

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +617 37357985; fax: +617 37355431.
    • ,
  • Rachel Walker

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
    • ,
  • Debra Creedy

      Affiliations

    • Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • ,
  • Amanda Henderson

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation/Princess Alexandra Hospital, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia

,Accepted 25 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.01.020

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