‘Psychiatric nursing was great, but I want to be a “real” nurse’: Is psychiatric nursing a realistic choice for nursing students?

The Australian and New Zealand journal of mental health nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 128-137

  Rushworth, L ^a   Happell, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0034285606     PISSN: 13243780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.2000.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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