Literacy and numeracy for pre-registration nursing programmes: 1. An innovative way to widen access to nursing programmes for students without formal qualifications by enabling them to give evidence of their literacy and numeracy skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Rhodes Martin, Sheri ^a   Munro, Wendy ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entry criteria; Literacy; Numeracy; Nursing; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949323017     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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