Challenges and benefits of using a virtual community to explore nursing concepts among baccalaureate nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Carlson Sabelli, Linnea L ^a   Giddens, Jean Foret ^b   Fogg, Louis ^a   Fiedler, Ruth A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual learning; engagement; neighborhood; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953768546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.2136     Document Type: Article

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