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J Caring Sci. 2017;6(3): 221-235. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2017.022
PMID: 28971073        PMCID: PMC5618947

Original Research

Factors Affecting the Belongingness Sense of Undergraduate Nursing Students towards Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Study

Tahereh Ashktorab 1, Shirin Hasanvand 2 * , Naemeh Seyedfatemi 3, Nayereh Salmani 4, Seyyed Vahide Hosseini 5

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