Providing learning support to nursing students: A study of two universities

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Ooms, Ann ^a   Fergy, Sue ^a   Marks Maran, Di ^a   Burke, Linda ^b   Sheehy, Karen ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culturally and linguistically diverse students; Non traditional students; Nursing education; Student support; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84875373868     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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