Mentoring disadvantaged nursing students through technical writing workshops

Nurse Educator

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Johnson, Molly K ^a   Symes, Lene ^b   Bernard, Lillian ^c   Landson, Margie J ^c   Carroll, Theresa L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEXAS; WRITING;

EID: 34547534027     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNE.0000281087.43088.f5     Document Type: Review

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