Women's choices: An historical perspective of nursing as a career choice

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Magnussen, Lois ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical; Nursing as a career choice; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTRUISM; CAREER CHOICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032058678     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(98)80093-8     Document Type: Article

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