Meeting the at-risk challenge: Empowering nursing students through mentoring

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Candela, Lori L ^a   Kowalski, Susan ^a   Cyrkiel, Dianne ^a   Warner, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Learning empowerment; Mentoring; Retention

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LICENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSING EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; STUDENT; TEACHER; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STUDENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; REVIEW; TEACHING;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 14644396662     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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