Using e-learning to enhance nursing students' pain management education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Keefe, Gemma ^a   Wharrad, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E learning development; Evaluation; Pain management; Student nurse education

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84868301136     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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