Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 548-552 , August 2010

Enjoyable learning: The role of humour, games, and fun activities in nursing and midwifery education

  • Heather Baid

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Brighton, Westlain House, Village Way, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PH, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1273 644 026; fax: +44 1273 644 010.
    • ,
  • Nicky Lambert

      Affiliations

    • Practice Development Facilitator at Sussex Partnership Trust, United Kingdom

,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.11.007

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