Using portfolios for clinical practice learning and assessment: The pre-registration nursing student's perspective

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 873-879

  McMullan, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Nurse education; Practice based learning; Theory practice divide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THINKING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 49749136660     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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