Student nurses' attitudes regarding older adults: Strategies for fostering improvement through academia

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Cozort, Rachel W ^a  

^a LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Older adults; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049011609     PISSN: 15573087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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