Second-career baccalaureate nursing students: A lived experience

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Kohn, Paula Scharf ^a   Truglio Londrigan, Marie ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36048956340     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20070901-03     Document Type: Article

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