Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 176-182 , May 2010

Student nurses experience of learning in the clinical environment

  • Evridiki Papastavrou

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, 215, Dromos Lemesou 2252 Latsia, P.O. Box 12715 Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +357 25 583842 (H), +357 22 001605 (O), mobile: +357 99 545021.
    • ,
  • Ekaterini Lambrinou

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, 215, Dromos Lemesou 2252 Latsia, P.O. Box 12715 Nicosia, Cyprus
    • ,
  • Haritini Tsangari

      Affiliations

    • University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Ave., 1700, Cyprus
    • ,
  • Mikko Saarikoski

      Affiliations

    • University of Applied Sciences, Health Care Education, PL 20, 20 701 Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Helena Leino-Kilpi

      Affiliations

    • University of Turku, Turku Hämeenkatu 10, Turku, Finland

,Accepted 26 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.07.003

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 176-182 , May 2010

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