Professional self-concept of nurses: A comparative study of four strata of nursing students in a Canadian university

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 380-388

  Arthur, David ^a   Thorne, Sally ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0032107787     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-8634(92)80007-F     Document Type: Article

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