Nurse education: Factors associated with attrition

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-160

  Pryjmachuk, Steven ^a   Easton, Katherine ^a   Littlewood, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; attrition; entry qualification; ethnicity; gender; nurse education; nursing students; race

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 57649180718     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04852.x     Document Type: Article

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