A cost-utility analysis of medium vs. high-fidelity human patient simulation manikins in nursing education

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3543-3552

  Lapkin, Samuel ^a   Levett Jones, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Cost utility analysis; Economic analysis; Knowledge acquisition; Simulation; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 81155155541     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03843.x     Document Type: Article

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