A comparative, longitudinal study of stress in student nurses in five countries: Albania, Brunei, the Czech Republic, Malta and Wales

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-145

  Burnard, Philip ^a   Edwards, Deborah ^a   Bennett, Kim ^a   Thaibah, Hjh ^b   Tothova, Valerie ^c   Baldacchino, Donia ^d   Bara, Petrit ^e   Mytevelli, Jetona ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah College of Nursing   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e Tirana Higher School for Nursing and Midwifery   (Albania)

Author keywords

Nursing students; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUNEI; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 38849083824     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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