Effectiveness of a poverty simulation in second life®: Changing nursing student attitudes toward poor people

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-45

  Menzel, Nancy ^a   Willson, Laura Helen ^b   Doolen, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b THINK Together   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing students; On line teaching; Poverty; Second life ; Social justice; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SIMULATION; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84908608559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2013-0076     Document Type: Article

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