Perceptions of nursing as a career choice of students in the Baccalaureate nursing program

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-44

  Grainger, Patricia ^a   Bolan, Christine ^a  

^a Centre for Nursing Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Perceptions of nursing; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29944445463     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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