Recognition of prior learning as university entry criteria is successful in postgraduate nursing students

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-62

  Donoghue, Judith ^a   Pelletier, Dianne ^a   Adams, Anne ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036486958     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13558000110102896     Document Type: Article

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