The nursing students' attitude toward using blogs in a nursing clinical practicum in Taiwan: A 3-R framework

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1079-1082

  Lin, Kai Yin ^a   Shen, Yen Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blog; Nursing clinical practicum; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BLOGGING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; TAIWAN; WRITING;

ATTITUDE; BLOGGING; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; READING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN; WRITING;

EID: 84883461119     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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