Avatars in nursing: An integrative review

Nurse Educator

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-41

  Miller, Marcella ^a   Jensen, Rebecca ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; REVIEW; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84890333172     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNE.0000437367.03842.63     Document Type: Article

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