Attitudes to absenteeism among diploma nursing students in Ireland - An exploratory descriptive survey

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 578-588

  Timmins, Fiona ^a   Kaliszer, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL STRESS; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 0036798586     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(02)90778-1     Document Type: Article

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