Perceptions of student nurses regarding the use of a popular autobiography as a teaching tool

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-255

  Mathibe, Lehlohonolo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic drugs; Pharmacology; Popular autobiographies; Student nurses; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MALE; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PHARMACOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33847256006     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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