Baccalaureate nursing program admission policies: Promoting success or facilitating failure?

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Newton, Sarah E ^a   Smith, Laureen H ^a,b   Moore, Gary ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36348930018     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20071001-03     Document Type: Article

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