A Structured Communication Exercise to Reduce Nursing Students' Anxiety Prior to Entering the Psychiatric Setting

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 446-447

  Arnold, Wilda K ^a   Nieswiadomy, Rose M ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0031279435     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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