Nurses' experiences of distance education programmes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Hyde, Abbey ^a   Murray, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Distance education; Grounded theory; Habermas; Nurse education; Postregistration

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 12344314045     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03267.x     Document Type: Review

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