The impact of nursing curricula on clinical practice anxiety

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 773-778

  Melo, Katherine ^a   Williams, Bev ^a   Ross, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical practice; Mental health; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77957910157     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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