Mature students' experiences of undergraduate nurse education programmes: The Irish experience

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-640

  O'Brien, Frances ^a   Keogh, Brian ^a   Neenan, Kathleen ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender in nursing; Mature students; Nurse education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649209452     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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