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100			_aParkin, Vera.
245			_aPeer education: _bthe nursing experience/
246			_aThe Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing.
300			_a3 tables; refs.
362			_avol. 37, no. 6 (November/December 2006): 257-264.
520			_aThe two-fold purpose of this study was to explore the peer education experiences of registered nurses and solutions for developing peer education as an effective method of adult learning. Eleven designated peer nurse teachers and 13 peer nurse learners were asked to complete a questionnaire. Three peer nurse teachers and three peer nurse learners were further interviewed in focus groups. The metathemes of peer role conflict, organizational stress, and the timing of new role integration were inurses believed that to have a sucsessful peer education program, the scope of the peer education program identified. The study found nurses believed that to have a successful peer education program, the scope of the peer education program and the peer roles should be clarified, peer time should be available and accessible, positive motivational techniques (including a just peer selection process) should be present, and other resources should be provided.
650			_aPEER EDUCATION.
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040			_cLearning Resource Center