National comparative curriculum evaluation of baccalaureate nursing degrees: A framework for the practice based professions

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 418-429

  Leibbrandt, Lara ^a   Brown, Diane ^b   White, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative curriculum evaluation; Curriculum development; Curriculum evaluation framework; Nursing education; Practice based professions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 23144449229     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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