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Teaching microcomputing to student nurses: an evaluation.

V E Coates·M Chambers
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This paper describes an introductory computer course designed for student nurses facing a career in nursing in which computers will play a major part. Questionnaires were given before and after the course. The purpose of the questionnaires were (a) initially to gain information about the students' previous computing experience, motivation and expectations of the course, and (b) to enable an evaluation to be undertaken. The course content, structure and results of the questionnaires are presented; modifications made to the course following the evaluation are mentioned and finally some of the issues which need to be considered when developing a computer course for nurses are raised.

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V E Coates, M Chambers. 1989. Teaching microcomputing to student nurses: an evaluation.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb00914.x

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