Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 361-366 , November 2010

Participating in a community of practice as a prerequisite for becoming a nurse – Trajectories as final year nursing students

  • Lars Thrysoe

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews 9B, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 2738 3014; fax: +45 6550 3682.
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  • Lise Hounsgaard

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews 9B, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    • ,
  • Nina Bonderup Dohn

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Business Communication and Information Science, University of Southern Denmark, Engstien 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark
    • ,
  • Lis Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews 9B, 5000 Odense C, Denmark

,Accepted 1 May 2010.

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Nurse Education in Practice
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