Exploring nurse learner wastage/persistence using a discursive approach: Towards a theoretical understanding of the subject

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Kotecha, Mehul ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Discourse; Foucault; Identity subjectivity; Institutional integration; Nurse learner wastage; Persistence; Qualitative; Theory building

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 0036779723     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02363.x     Document Type: Article

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