English-language acculturation predicts academic performance in nursing students who speak english as a second language

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-94

  Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Everett, Bronwyn ^a   Koch, Jane ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Acculturation; Higher education; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 40649091878     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20224     Document Type: Article

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