Examining patterns of change in the critical thinking skills of graduate nursing students

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 310-318

  McMullen, Maureen A ^a   McMullen, William F ^b  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849086092     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20090515-03     Document Type: Article

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