Contribution of basic sciences to academic success in nursing education

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-354

  Wong, Julia ^a   Wong, Shirley ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing education; Predictors; Sciences; Success

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENCE; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIENCE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033174787     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(99)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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