Virtual Clinical Education: Going the Full Distance in Nursing Education

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Dutile, Colleen ^a   Wright, Nancy ^a   Beauchesne, Michelle ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Nursing education; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952458504     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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