The experiences of students with English as a second language in a baccalaureate nursing program

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 807-813

  Sanner, Susan ^a   Wilson, Astrid ^b  

^a CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; English as a second language; ESL students; In depth interviews

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMEDIAL TEACHING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 49749123445     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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