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RCN nursing update with BBC learning zone.

G Brown
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RCN Nursing Update brings the classroom direct to the student. It consists of a series of television programmes on BBC2's Learning Zone and complementary booklets published with Nursing Standard. This report describes how the project has developed and notifies students of the forthcoming changes in programme schedules and accompanying booklets.

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G Brown. RCN nursing update with BBC learning zone.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.12.17.34.s48

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