Comprehensive nursing education in Victoria: Rhetoric or reality?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 507-516

  Happell, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career choices; Comprehensive education; Mental health nursing; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035748810     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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