Nurse educators' teaching of codes of ethics

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-131

  Numminen, Olivia H ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a   Arend, Arie van der ^b   Katajisto, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Education; Nurse educator; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CODES OF ETHICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 74149094501     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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