Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 144-152 , May 2010

Student nurses’ experiences of community-based practice placement learning: A qualitative exploration

,Accepted 26 May 2009.

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Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 144-152 , May 2010

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