Integrating palliative care content into a new undergraduate nursing curriculum: The University of Notre Dame, Australia - Sydney experience

Collegian

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Ramjan, John M ^a   Costa, Catherine M ^a   Hickman, Louise D ^a   Kearns, Margot ^a   Phillips, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Multidisciplinary; Nursing; Palliative care; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77954081584     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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