The effect of simulation courseware on critical thinking in undergraduate nursing students: Multi-site pre-post study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 537-542

  Shin, Hyunsook ^a   Ma, Hyunhee ^a   Park, Jiyoung ^a   Ji, Eun Sun ^b   Kim, Dong Hee ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Critical thinking; Patient simulation; Simulation evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; SIMULATION TRAINING; SOUTH KOREA; TEACHING; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SIMULATION TRAINING; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 84925647043     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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