Middle school students' perceptions of an ideal career and a career in nursing

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-210

  Cohen, Judith A ^a   Palumbo, Mary Val ^a   Rambur, Betty ^a   Mongeon, Joan ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career perceptions; Image; Middle school students; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREER; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; SEX FACTORS; VERMONT;

EID: 3142772642     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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