How can we maximize nursing students' learning about research evidence and utilization in undergraduate, preregistration programmes? A discussion paper

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2789-2801

  Christie, Janice ^a   Hamill, Conal ^b   Power, John ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Biology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based nursing; Evidence based practice; Nursing education; Nursing research; Research education; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; TEACHING;

EID: 84869080882     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05994.x     Document Type: Article

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