Attitudes and Perceptions of Nursing Students Toward Chemically Impaired Nurses: Implications for Nursing Education

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 237-239

  Wennerstrom, Patricia A ^a   Rooda, Linda A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030140748     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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