Nursing students' perceived knowledge and attitude towards genetics

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Dodson, Crystal H ^a   Lewallen, Lynne P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Education; Genetics; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954629045     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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