Exploring the use of clinical laboratories in undergraduate nursing programs in regional Australia

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Wellard, Sally J ^a   Woolf, Rhonda ^a   Gleeson, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Skills laboratory; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA;

EID: 33846938035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1355     Document Type: Article

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