An exploratory study of the concerns of mature access to nursing students and the coping strategies used to manage these adverse experiences

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 573-581

  Steele, Rebekah ^a   Lauder, William ^b   Caperchione, Cristina ^a   Anastasi, Jenny ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to nursing; Coping; Course problems; Cumulative stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27144521993     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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