A comparison of policies on nurse faculty workload in the Unitad States

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Ellis, Peggy A ^a  

^a LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty workload; Nursing education; Teaching in higher education; Workload policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CURRICULUM; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84884778721     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-34.5.303     Document Type: Article

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