Exploring factors affecting attrition of male students from an undergraduate nursing course: A qualitative study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Stott, Amanda ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Educational challenges and strategies; Male nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE NURSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES, MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34147110352     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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