Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 262-267 , September 2010

Strengthening and updating supervising staff nurses in educational workshops – An international partnership project

  • Anna Löfmark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Caring Sciences and Sociology, University of Gävle, Sweden
    • Department of Health, Stord/Haugesund University College, Postboks 5000, 5409 Stord, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 26 625473.
    • ,
  • Ingrid Thorell-Ekstrand

      Affiliations

    • Red Cross University College, Stockholm, Sweden

,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.016

Nurse Education in Practice
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