Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 291-297 , September 2010

Acute nursing episodes which challenge graduate’s competence: Perceptions of registered nurses

,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.01.005

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 291-297 , September 2010

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