Strategies to Support Recruitment and Retention of First Nations Youth in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in Saskatchewan, Canada

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-283

  Anonson, June M ^a   Desjarlais, Joyce ^b   Nixon, Jackie ^b   Whiteman, Lori ^b   Bird, Alteta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; baccalaureate programs; First Nation peoples; North America; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 45349105420     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608317095     Document Type: Article

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