The Virtual Clinical Practicum: An innovative telehealth model for clinical nursing education

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-194

  Grady, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nursing education; Innovation; Technology; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TELENURSING; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADULT; BURNS; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELENURSING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 80052400001     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.3.189     Document Type: Article

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