Academic-Community Partnerships: Opening the Doors to a Nursing Career

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Thacker, Karen ^a  

^a ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baccalaureate programs; community partnerships; Hispanic; minority students; nursing students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NURSING; REVIEW; SCHOOL;

CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MULTILINGUALISM; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAINING SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; URBAN POPULATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 12344254682     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604270978     Document Type: Article

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