Nurses' motivations for studying third level post-registration nursing programmes and the effects of studying on their personal and work lives

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-594

  Cooley, Mary Clodagh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Effects; Motivations; Nurses; Post registration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRAINING SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 43849106355     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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