Critical thinking dispositions among newly graduated nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2170-2181

  Wangensteen, Sigrid ^a,b   Johansson, Inger S ^a   Björkström, Monica E ^a   Nordström, Gun ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

California critical thinking disposition inventory; Critical thinking; Newly graduated nurses; Norway; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORWAY; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 77956287467     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05282.x     Document Type: Article

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