Integrating advanced writing content into a Scholarly Inquiry in nursing course

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mandleco, Barbara L ^a   Bohn, Christina ^a   Callister, Lynn C ^a   Lassetter, Jane ^a   Carlton, Troy ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Timpanogos Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing students; Scholarly inquiry in nursing; Writing content

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857768323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1548-923X.2213     Document Type: Article

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