Developing more positive attitudes towards mental health nursing in undergraduate students: Part 1 - Does more theory help?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Happell, B ^a   Robins, A ^b   Gough, K ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Mental health; Nursing; Students; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 48949118190     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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