Nursing instructors' and male nursing students' perceptions of undergraduate, classroom nursing education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-653

  Dyck, Jeff M ^a   Oliffe, John ^b   Phinney, Alison ^b   Garrett, Bernie ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education, nursing; Students, nursing, baccalaureate psychosocial factors; Students, nursing, male

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES, MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649196104     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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