Hate the course or hate to go: Semester differences in first year nursing attrition

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 865-872

  Andrew, Sharon ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Weaver, Roslyn ^a   Smith, Ana ^a   O'Reilly, Rebecca ^a   Taylor, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Nursing students; Wastage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HATE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HATE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49949108092     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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