Cognitive factors in student nurses' clinical problem solving

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Cholowski, Krystyna M ^a   Chan, Lorna K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clinical problem solving; Cognitive factors; Nursing students; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 1242285632     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2003.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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