Righting writing: Strategies for improving nursing student papers

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bickes, Joan T ^a   Schim, Stephanie M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind review; Grade inflation; Nursing students; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; WRITING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 77749322188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1964     Document Type: Article

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