Ambitions to boost nurse numbers by increasing the size of the student cohort are surely doomed to fail if the shortage of good quality clinical placements is not addressed
Clinical placements are a vital part of nurse training, with students spending half their degree course on the front line learning what the job entails.
Nursing Standard. 38, 8, 51-54. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.8.51.s19
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