Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 584-590 , August 2010

Nursing students’ perception of a web-based intervention to support learning

  • Jane Koch

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health & Science, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, New South Wales 1797, Australia. Tel.: + 61 (02) 9685 9395; fax: +61 (02) 9685 9023.
    • ,
  • Sharon Andrew

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Yenna Salamonson

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Bronwyn Everett

      Affiliations

    • Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Patricia M. Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 584-590 , August 2010

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