A comparative study of assessment grading and nursing students' perceptions of quality in sessional and tenured teachers

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-429

  Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^a   Peters, Kath ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Nursing workforce; Sessional teachers; Undergraduate nurse education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACT SERVICES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 78649552207     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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