The effect of reflective writing interventions on the critical thinking skills and dispositions of baccalaureate nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Naber, Jessica ^a   Wyatt, Tami H ^b  

^a not available   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory Test; California Critical Thinking Skills Test; Nursing students; Problem solving; Richard Paul; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; WRITING;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 84888130098     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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