Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 298-302 , September 2010

An exploratory evaluation of an action learning set within a mental health service

  • Scott Lamont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health Liaison Nursing, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 293822793.
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  • Scott Brunero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health Liaison Nursing, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Ron Russell

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia

,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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PII: S1471-5953(10)00003-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.01.002

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 298-302 , September 2010

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