An integrative review of the impact of mobile technologies used by healthcare professionals to support education and practice

Nursing Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 66-78

  Guo, Ping ^a   Watts, Kim ^b   Wharrad, Heather ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Healthcare education; Healthcare professionals; Integrative review; Mobile technologies

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDLINE; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; WEB OF SCIENCE;

EID: 85018472539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20541058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.37     Document Type: Review

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