Assessing outcomes of a study abroad course for nursing students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Carpenter, Linda J ^a   Garcia, Alexandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; International programs; Learning outcomes; Nursing students; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALE; MEXICO; MULTILINGUALISM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEXAS;

EID: 84860870321     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-33.2.85     Document Type: Article

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