Quality assurance for online nursing courses

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 381-387

  Little, Barbara Battin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ACCREDITATION; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PEER REVIEW; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 70149118508     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20090615-05     Document Type: Article

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