Why do student nurses leave? Suggestions from a Delphi study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 449-458

  Last, Lynn ^a   Fulbrook, Paul ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; STRESS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0041973803     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(03)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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