Choosing nursing as a career: A qualitative study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Mooney, Mary ^a   Glacken, Michele ^b   O'Brien, Frances ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b St Angela's College   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Career choice; Gender; Perceptions of nursing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 44449106173     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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