It's not cricket: The Ashes of nursing education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-316

  Shields, Linda ^a,b   Purcell, Christine ^c   Watson, Roger ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing education; Science education; Standards

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; SCIENCE; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; SCIENCE;

EID: 79954628046     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.015     Document Type: Editorial

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