Delivering a transition programme in literacy from level 4 to level 5 for nursing students: A pilot study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Chu, Christine ^a   Perkins, Andrew ^a   Marks Maran, Di ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Key skills; Literacy; Pre registration nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WRITING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 84857432910     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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