Online learning: Enhancing nurse education?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-135

  Kenny, Amanda ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computers; Confidence; Flexibility; Information technology; Learning; Nurse education; Online; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0036548558     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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