Perceptions of the Use of reflective learning journals in online graduate nursing education

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Langley, Malinda E ^a   Brown, Sylvia T ^b  

^a Cape Fear Valley Health System   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Journaling; Online education; Reflective learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; THINKING; TIME; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 77649200168     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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