Evaluation of an online graduate nursing curriculum: Examining standards of quality

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Avery, Melissa D ^a   Cohen, Bradley A ^a   Walker, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Evaluation; Graduate nursing education; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650421463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1538     Document Type: Article

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