A comparison of curricular approaches of care of the aged in Swedish and US nursing programs

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 358-364

  Fagerberg, Ingegerd ^a   Gilje, Fredricka ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care of aged; Curriculum; Nurse education; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148827011     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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