Caring for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Virtual Patient Instruction Improves Students' Knowledge and Comfort Level

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-466

  Sanders, Carla L ^a,b,c,d   Kleinert, Harold L ^a,b,c,d   Free, Teresa ^a,b,c,d   Slusher, Ida ^a,b,c,d   Clevenger, Kim ^a,b,c,d   Johnson, Stephanie ^a,b,c,d   Boyd, Sara E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CD-ROM; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MULTIMEDIA; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 36148948916     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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