Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 245-251 , April 2010

Putting knowledge to work: A new approach

  • Karen Evans

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Education, University of London, 20, Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01798 812026; fax: +44 0207612 6632.
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  • David Guile

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Education, University of London, 20, Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL, United Kingdom
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  • Judy Harris

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Education, University of London, 20, Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL, United Kingdom
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  • Helen Allan

      Affiliations

    • The University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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PII: S0260-6917(09)00204-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.014

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 245-251 , April 2010