Strategies to promote success on the NCLEX-RN®: An evidence-based approach using the ACE star model of knowledge transformation

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Bonis, Susan ^a   Taft, Lois ^b   Wendler, M Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational strategies; Evidence based practice; NCLEX RN success; Nursing curriculum; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; TEACHING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34047194836     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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