Curriculum design to promote the critical thinking of accelerated bachelor's degree nursing students

Nurse Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 213-217

  DeSimone, Barbara B ^a  

^a Dominican College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING; THINKING; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748788248     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006223-200609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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