Nursing students' understanding of critical thinking and appraisal and academic writing: A descriptive, qualitative study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 356-360

  Borglin, Gunilla ^a   Fagerström, Cecilia ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Critical thinking; Educational theories; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; SWEDEN; THINKING; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; THINKING; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868200791     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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