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The Bologna Process: The Quiet Revolution in Nursing Higher Education

Ruth Davies

Nurse Education Today, Volume: 28, Pages: 935 - 942

Swansea University Author: Ruth Davies

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This paper traces the history and continuing development of the Bologna Process’whose aim is to create convergence of higher education across the European Union by 2010. It will identify how this will have profound implications for graduate nurse education and present opportunities for students, gra...

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Published: 2008
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