Nursing Students' Attitudes and Experiences Toward End-of-Life Care: A Mixed Methods Study Using Simulation

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 343-346

  Ferguson, Rita ^a   Cosby, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b DCH Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

education; end of life; nursing; simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN TISSUE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020750808     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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