Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 164-169 , May 2010

Learning packets in nursing education: Reviving the past

,Accepted 7 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.06.003

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 164-169 , May 2010

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