A stocktake of existing aged care clinical placements for undergraduate nursing students in Australia
The aim of this study was to survey selected universities on a variety of aspects of the aged care clinical placement component of undergraduate nursing courses. Results showed that placements occurred in the first and third years of academic study largely in an aged care facility close to the university site. There was often competition between universities in trying to access the same facilities for student placements. Not all universities performed a formal assessment of the facility's suitability for an aged care clinical placement and often universities struggled to find university educat ... Show more
Authors: Neville, Christine C.; Yuginovich, Trudy; Boyes, Joanne
Published: Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, 2008
Resource type: Article
Access item: http://www.ajan.com.au/Vol26/26-2_Neville.pdf
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