Metacognitive Inventory for nursing students in Taiwan: Instrument development and testing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2573-2581

  Hsu, Li Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Instrument testing; Metacognitive Inventory for Nursing Students; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TAIWAN; THINKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649487201     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05427.x     Document Type: Article

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