Student experiences in web-based nursing courses: Benchmarking best practices

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Seiler, Kendra ^a   Billings, Diane M ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Best practices; Qualitative description; Student support; Web based courses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 18544390134     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1061     Document Type: Article

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