Utilising Culturally Congruent Strategies to Enhance Recruitment and Retention of Australian Indigenous Nursing Students

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-155

  Omeri, Akram ^a   Ahern, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033109049     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365969901000209     Document Type: Article

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