Health literacy knowledge and experiences of senior baccalaureate nursing students

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Cormier, Catherine M ^a   Kotrlik, Joe W ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 68049121938     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9999/01484834-20090416-02     Document Type: Article

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