Use of workshops to develop nurses’ and nursing students’ writing skills

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 364-369

  Derouin, Anne L ^a   Hueckel, Rémi M ^a   Turner, Kathleen M ^a   Hawks, Sharon J ^a   Leonardelli, Adrianne K ^a   Oermann, Marilyn H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE; NURSING; PUBLICATION; SKILL; WRITING; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 84940996434     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20150721-03     Document Type: Review

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