Nursing student feedback on undergraduate research education: Implications for teaching and learning

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-68

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Peters, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurse education; Research; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 71249086481     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.33.1.59     Document Type: Article

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