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Becoming a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse in the UK: A Qualitative Study Exploring Processes of Identity Formation

John HurleySouthern Cross University, School of Health and Human Sciences, Coffs Harbour, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD &
Richard LakemanSouthern Cross University, School of Health and Human Sciences, Lismore, Australia
, PhD
Pages 745-751 | Published online: 11 Nov 2011

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Peter Santangelo, Nicholas Procter & Denise Fassett. (2018) Seeking and defining the ‘special’ in specialist mental health nursing: A theoretical construct. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27:1, pages 267-275.
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John Hurley, Andrew Cashin, Jem Mills, Marie Hutchinson, Desiree Kozlowski & Iain Graham. (2018) Qualitative study of peer workers within the ‘Partners in Recovery’ programme in regional Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27:1, pages 187-195.
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N. McCrae, S. Askey-Jones & C. Laker. (2014) Merely a stepping stone? Professional identity and career prospects following postgraduate mental health nurse training. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 21:9, pages 767-773.
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