The teaching of physical assessment skills in pre-registration nursing programmes in Australia: Issues for nursing education

Collegian

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-253

  Birks, Melanie ^a   James, Ainsley ^b   Chung, Catherine ^b   Cant, Robyn ^b   Davis, Jenny ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health assessment; Nursing assessment; Physical assessment skills; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84878328013     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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