Critical thinking ability and clinical decision-making skills among senior nursing students in associate and baccalaureate programmes in Korea

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 414-418

  Shin, Kyung Rim ^a,b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Associate and baccalaureate programmes; Clinical decision making; Critical thinking; Korea; Senior nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARD; THINKING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; THINKING;

EID: 0031992132     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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