Evaluation of critical thinking in a baccalaureate nursing program

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 142-144

  McCarthy, Patricia ^a   Schuster, Pamela ^a   Zehr, Pearl ^a   McDougal, Diane ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 0033091173     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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