The impact of a change to assessment policy on students from a New Zealand School of Nursing

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 722-730

  Bland, Marian ^a   Gallagher, Peter ^b  

^a Universal College of Learning   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; New Zealand; Resubmission; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349092814     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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