Attitudes of RN students toward obese adult patients

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-87

  Culbertson, Marjorie J ^a   Smolen, Dianne M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE NURSE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES, MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033068326     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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