Impact of Nursing Clinical Elective Courses on New Graduate Nurses' Clinical Practice
Lisa S. Lewis,
A. Michelle Hartman,
Christina Leonard
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Clinical elective courses provide additional specialty knowledge for prelicensure nursing students; however, it is unknown how these courses impact nurses' clinical practice after graduation.
Purpose:
To describe how clinical nursing electives impact graduates' clinical practice.
Methods:
A mixed-methods descriptive design was used. Students who graduated from a prelicensure nursing program were … Show more
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