Nurse educators-still challenged by critical thinking

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Mundy, Kelly ^a   Denham, Sharon A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Nurse educators; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549086891     PISSN: 15573087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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