Implementing a dedicated education unit: a practice partnership with oncology nurses.
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An urgent need exists to identify innovative and evidence-based educational methods to help oncology nurses provide safe and high-quality patient care. One promising solution is the dedicated education unit (DEU) educational model, which partners nursing faculty and skilled nursing clinicians to facilitate the clinical experience of undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students. This article describes the collaborative DEU initiative developed between a university school of nursing and a tertiary cancer center to provide senior nursing students with an innovative method to develop their competencies in oncology nursing practice and care.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
دوره 17 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013