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Applying andragogy in nursing continuing education.

B B Nielsen
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Andragogy, a philosophical orientation for adult education, receives little attention in the nursing continuing education literature. Yet, the tenets of andragogy form the organizing framework for programming. This article defines andragogy and provides selected results of a research study designed to test andragogical concepts in long-term oncology nursing continuing education programs. The results of the study suggest a new way of viewing the goals of nursing continuing education activities.

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B B Nielsen. Applying andragogy in nursing continuing education.. https://doi.org/10.3928/0022-0124-19890301-10

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