Curriculum reform in baccalaureate nursing education: Review of the literature

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Forbes, Maryann O ^a   Hickey, Mary T ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Curriculum; Curriculum innovation; Curriculum reform

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949126504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1797     Document Type: Article

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