An investigation into adult nursing students' experience of the relevance and application of behavioural sciences (biology, psychology and sociology) across two different curricula

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-48

  Mowforth, Gillian ^a   Harrison, Judy ^a   Morris, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural sciences; Curriculum development; Focus group interviews; Integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 11044232083     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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