The relationship of critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions of baccalaureate nursing students

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-577

  Profetto McGrath, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Critical thinking dispositions; Habits of mind; Nursing education; Undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 0141890766     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02755.x     Document Type: Article

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