Three key components to successfully completing a nursing doctoral program

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Smith Jr , Donald G ^a   Delmore, Barbara ^b  

^a Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT; WRITING;

EID: 34247874632     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20070301-01     Document Type: Article

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