Enrolled nurse to registered nurse: Is there a link between initial educational preparation and course completion?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-119

  Rapley, Pat ^a   Davidson, Laura ^a   Nathan, Pauline ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Public Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational preparation; Enrolled nurse conversion; External study; Recognition of prior learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSING, PRACTICAL; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 36649010810     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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