Rescuing nursing education from content saturation: The case for a concept-based curriculum

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Giddens, Jean F ^a   Brady, Debra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 33947133171     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20070201-05     Document Type: Article

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