Perceptions of distance education among nursing faculty members in North America

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-205

  Mancuso, Josephine M ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Faculty workload; Nursing faculty member perceptions; Online learning

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TEACHER; WORKLOAD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; STANDARDS;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NORTH AMERICA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 66649099623     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00456.x     Document Type: Review

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