Problem-based learning and clinical practice: The nurse practitioners' perspective

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Chikotas, Noreen Elaine ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner; Phenomenology; Primary care; Problem based learning; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349754519     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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