Nurse entrance test scores: A predictor of success

Nurse Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 259-263

  Ellis, Sherri Orso ^a  

^a Baton Rouge General   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUISIANA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; READING; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 33751212175     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006223-200611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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