Preparing the community health nursing workforce: Internal and external enablers and challenges influencing undergraduate nursing programs in Canada

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Valaitis, Ruta K ^a   Rajsic, Christina J ^b   Cohen, Benita ^c   Leeseberg Stamler, Lynnette ^d   Meagher Stewart, Donna ^e   Froude, Susan A ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Community health nursing; Nursing education; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 46749129045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1518     Document Type: Article

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