Textbooks

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Reading at a distance: implications for the design of text in childrens big books.

BACKGROUND: Visual acuity, typically measured by the ability to name letters at a distance, is poorer when letters are small and closely spaced. It has been suggested that reading can be affected by letter size and spacing. AIM: To determine the effect ...
Laura E Hughes, Arnold J Wilkins (Br J Educ Psychol, 200206)
reading-distance-implications-design-text-children-s-big-books.asp

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A study of issues in administering library services to nursing studies students at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Glasgow Caledonian University has had a Scottish Office pre-registration nursing and midwifery contract since 1996. Nursing studies students seemed dissatisfied with the library service and there were frequent complaints. A major study was undertaken ...
John Crawford (Health Info Libr J, 200206)
study-issues-administering-library-services-nursing-studies-students.asp

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Strengthening end-of-life care through specialty nursing certification.

The purpose of this study was to determine the adequacy of content related to end-of-life (EOL) care in materials used in the nursing certification process across clinical nursing specialties. Thirty-eight certification examination blueprints, 18 ...
Peg Esper, Joan Such Lockhart, Cynthia Miller Murphy (J Prof Nurs, 200205-06)
strengthening-end-life-care-specialty-nursing-certification.asp

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Developing culturally competent researchers.

BACKGROUND: Whilst we live in multicultural societies most health researchers tend to take the cultural perspective of the majority ethnic group at the expense of the perspective of minority ethnic groups. AIM: This paper discusses the need for the ...
Irena Papadopoulos, Shelley Lees (J Adv Nurs, 200202)
developing-culturally-competent-researchers.asp