Recruitment and retention of minority students: Diversity in nursing education

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Etowa, Josephine B ^a   Foster, Suzanne ^a   Vukic, Adele R ^a   Wittstock, Lucille ^a   Youden, Susan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Healthcare; Nursing education; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; LEARNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; POPULATION; REVIEW; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23044455423     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1111     Document Type: Review

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