Can an interview score sheet assist with student selection onto the bachelor of science/diploma of higher education (adult) nursing programme?. Findings from a pilot study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 586-592

  McCallum, Jacqueline ^a   Donaldson, Jayne H ^b   Lafferty, Patricia ^c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Acute and Continuing Care Nursing   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interviewing; Predicting attrition characteristics; Recruitment; Student selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33748921563     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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