Professional resilience in baccalaureate-prepared acute care nurses: First steps

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-89

  Hodges, Helen F ^a   Keeley, Ann C ^b   Troyan, Patricia J ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer University

Author keywords

Acute care nurses; Baccalaureate prepared nurses; Nursing shortage; Professional resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649097937     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024776-200803000-00008     Document Type: Article

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