International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 214

Full Length Research Paper

Final year nursing students’ self-reported understanding of the relevance of bioscience

Betty Rafferty
  • Betty Rafferty
  • Western Cape College of Nursing, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Una Kyriacos
  • Una Kyriacos
  • Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Nursing and Midwifery; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 25 February 2016
  •  Accepted: 26 April 2016
  •  Published: 31 May 2016

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