Integrative thinking and learning in undergraduate nursing education: Three strategies

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dickieson, Patti ^a   Carter, Lorraine M ^a   Walsh, Mireille ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrative thinking; OSCE experience; Reflective writing; Scenario testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ESTHETICS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 55549103687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1696     Document Type: Article

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