Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2009

Enhancing nursing students’ skills in vital signs assessment by using multimedia computer-assisted learning with integrated content of anatomy and physiology

  • Chularuk Kaveevivitchai

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Innovation and Development of Learning Process, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Rajathevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
    • Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Benchaporn Chuengkriankrai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Yuwadee Luecha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Rujires Thanooruk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Bhinyo Panijpan

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Innovation and Development of Learning Process, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Rajathevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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  • Pintip Ruenwongsa

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Innovation and Development of Learning Process, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Rajathevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
    • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute for Innovation and Development of Learning Process, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Rajathevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Tel.: +66 2 201 5105 8; fax: +66 2 354 7345.

,Accepted 24 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.06.010

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2009

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