Therapeutic letters in undergraduate nursing education: Ideas for clinical nurse educators

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 470-475

  Freed, Patricia E ^a   McLaughlin, Dorcas E ^a   SmithBattle, Lee ^a   Leander, Sheila ^a   Westhus, Nina ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical teaching; Strengths based perspective; Student patient relationships; Therapeutic letters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING EDUCATION; TEACHING; WRITING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TEACHING;

EID: 77953682866     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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