Discipline matters: Embedding academic literacies into an undergraduate nursing program

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 686-691

  Hillege, Sharon P ^a   Catterall, Janice ^a   Beale, Barbara L ^a   Stewart, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic literacies; Nursing education; Strategies; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84918492564     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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