What do high academic achieving school pupils really think about a career in nursing: Analysis of the narrative from paradigmatic case interviews

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 680-690

  Neilson, Gavin R ^a   Lauder, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High academic achieving school pupils; Image; Paradigmatic cases; Perceptions of nursing as a career choice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 46749150001     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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