Improving critical thinking and clinical reasoning with a continuing education course

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Cruz, Dina Monteiro ^a   Pimenta, Cibele Mattos ^a   Lunney, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349103656     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20090301-05     Document Type: Article

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