Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 46-52 , April 2007

Associate degree nursing students' perceptions of learning using a high-fidelity human patient simulator

  • Kathleen A. Kuznar, EdS, RN, APRN, BC

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PII: S1557-3087(07)00011-X

doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2007.01.009

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 46-52 , April 2007