Putting knowledge to work: A new approach

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Evans, Karen ^a   Guile, David ^a   Harris, Judy ^a   Allan, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Re contextualisation; Theory and practice; Transfer; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; TEACHING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77249131678     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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