The meaning of participation in an international service experience among baccalaureate nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Evanson, Tracy A ^a   Zust, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; International nursing education; International service; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; GROUP DYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSING STUDENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 14644427887     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1070     Document Type: Article

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