Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-123

  Young, Pat ^a   Moore, Emma ^b   Griffiths, Garfield ^a   Raine, Rosi ^c   Stewart, Rob ^a   Cownie, Matthew ^a   Frutos Perez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile technology; Placements; Student support; Texting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NURSING STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 73749085181     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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