Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Attitudes and Competencies of Nursing Students and Faculty: Results of Integrating CAM Into the Nursing Curriculum

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Booth LaForce, Cathryn ^a   Scott, Craig S ^a   Heitkemper, Margaret M ^a   Cornman, B Jane ^a   Lan, Ming Chih ^a   Bond, Eleanor F ^a   Swanson, Kristen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Complementary medicine; Nursing curriculum; Nursing faculty; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77956935090     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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