Quantitative research on critical thinking and predicting nursing students' NCLEX-RN performance

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 378-386

  Romeo, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a Gwynedd Mercy University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; THINKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 77954480731     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20100331-05     Document Type: Review

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