A Historically Black University's Baccalaureate Enrollment and Success Tactics for Registered Nurses

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Brown, Jennifer ^a   Marshall, Bennie L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority students; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; VIRGINIA;

EID: 38449114418     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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