Creating Diversity in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program: A Case Study

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Barton, Amanda J ^a   Swider, Susan M ^b  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Diversity; Identifying barriers; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 67549109358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1700     Document Type: Article

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