Students' self-identified learning needs: A case study of baccalaureate students designing their own death and dying course curriculum

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-39

  Birkholz, Gloria ^a   Clements, Paul T ^a   Cox, Rhonda ^b   Gaume, Alethea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Nursing/Pharmacy Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442360872     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20040101-01     Document Type: Review

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