Recent RN graduate perceptions of educational preparation

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 266-271

  Candela, Lori ^a   Bowles, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational preparation for practice; Nurse perceptions; Workplace environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CURRICULUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER LITERACY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA;

EID: 53049108607     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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