Predictors of student success in the US army graduate program in anesthesia nursing

AANA Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-346

  Hulse, Joseph A ^a   Chenowith, Thomas ^b   Lebedovych, Linda ^c   Dickinson, Paul ^d,f   Cavanaugh, Brett ^e   Garrett, Normalynn ^d  

^a LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c 212th Combat Support Hospital   (Germany)

^d Madigan Army Medical Center ^*

^e MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Anesthesia nursing; Graduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA NURSING; ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRADUATE NURSING STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; ROTTER LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATSON GLASER CRITICAL THINKING APPRAISAL;

EID: 35348888338     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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