Using gaming workshops to prepare nursing students for caring for older people in clinical practice

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Mclafferty, Ella ^a   Dingwall, Lindsay ^a   Halkett, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaming strategy; Nursing students; Older people; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GAME; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING;

AGED; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 79951913466     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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