The mature student question

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-237

  Fleming, Sandra ^a   McKee, Gabrielle ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Mature students; Orientation; Retention

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MATURATION; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 15844366027     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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