Critical thinking skills of undergraduate nursing students: Description and demographic predictors

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 809-814

  Hunter, Sharyn ^a   Pitt, Victoria ^a   Croce, Nic ^b   Roche, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Health science reasoning test; Measurement of critical thinking; Undergraduate nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897086404     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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