The importance of academic literacy for undergraduate nursing students and its relationship to future professional clinical practice: A systematic review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 60, Issue , 2018, Pages 84-91

  Jefferies, Diana ^a   McNally, Stephen ^a   Roberts, Katriona ^a   Wallace, Anna ^a   Stunden, Annette ^a   D'Souza, Suzanne ^a   Glew, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic literacy; Clinical documentation; Critical thinking; Education; Nursing; Professional practice; Reflective writing

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL THINKING; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LITERACY; MEDLINE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; WRITING; NURSING EDUCATION; THINKING;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; LITERACY; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 85031769629     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.020     Document Type: Review

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