Nursing students' reading and English aptitudes and their relationship to discipline-specific formal writing ability: A descriptive correlational study

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Newton, Sarah ^a   Moore, Gary ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline Specific writing; English aptitude; Reading aptitude; Undergraduate nursing students; Writing apprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 78049438155     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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