Exploring the opinions of registered nurses working in a clinical transfusion environment on the contribution of e-learning to personal learning and clinical practice: Results of a small scale educational research study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Cottrell, Susan ^a   Donaldson, Jayne H ^b  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E learning; Learning needs; Learning styles; Registered nurses; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84875583201     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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