Criminal background checks: Necessary admission criteria?

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Burns, Kenneth ^a   Frank Stromborg, Marilyn ^a   Teytelman, Yan ^a,b   Herren, Jay Denver ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEGLIGENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CRIME; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS;

CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342425822     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20040301-10     Document Type: Review

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