ENHANCING geriatric content in a baccalaureate nursing program

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-248

  Gebhardt, Mary Catherine ^a   Sims, Traci T ^b   Bates, Theresa A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Byrdine F Lewis School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing education; Curriculum mapping; Geriatric nursing; Nursing course evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 69949146362     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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