The strength of rural nursing: Implications for undergraduate nursing education

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Van Hofwegen, Lynn ^a   Kirkham, Sheryl ^a   Harwood, Catherine ^a  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing research; Rural nursing; Service learning; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 28544450065     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1142     Document Type: Article

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