"Attached at the Umbilicus": Barriers to Educational Success for Hispanic/Latino and American Indian Nursing Students

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-217

  Evans, Bronwynne C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring curriculum; Cultural sensitivity; Diversity; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 47749089338     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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