A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-209

  Ring, Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Career trends; Gender; Graduate nurses; Nursing degrees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPLOYMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSES; NURSING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036779546     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02362.x     Document Type: Article

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