Factors affecting practical nursing student attrition

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 422-425

  Stickney, Margaret Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 53849110309     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20080901-07     Document Type: Article

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