Simulation in the Internet age: The place of Web-based simulation in nursing education: An integrative review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1435-1442

  Cant, Robyn P ^a   Cooper, Simon J ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Simulation; Experiential learning; Health professions; Nursing; Simulation; Virtual clinical simulation; Web based simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027925331     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.08.001     Document Type: Review

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