The importance of educational and social backgrounds of diverse students to nursing program success

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Evans, Bronwynne C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 49149109660     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20080701-04     Document Type: Article

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