A Comparison of Predictors of Success on NCLEX-RN™ for African American, Foreign-Born, and White Baccalaureate Graduates

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 365-371

  Endres, Dianne ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LICENSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 0031255286     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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