Educational mobility of RNs in North Carolina: Who will teach tomorrow 1/4s nurses?: A report on the first study to longitudinally examine educational mobility among nurses.

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 60-70

  Bevill Jr , James William ^b   Cleary, Brenda L ^a   Lacey, Linda M ^a   Nooney, Jennifer G ^b,c  

^a North Carolina Center for Nursing   (United States)

^b NCCN ^*

^c Florida Center for Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational mobility; Faculty shortage; Higher education; Nursing faculty; Nursing shortage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247488733     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000268172.71477.99     Document Type: Article

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