Infusing environmental health concepts into an existing nursing course

Nurse Educator

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 268-272

  Savell, Anita D ^a   Sattler, Barbara ^b  

^a VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84868219295     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0b013e31826f27a7     Document Type: Article

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