Personal background preparation survey for early identification of nursing students at risk for attrition

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 606-613

  Johnson, Craig W ^a   Johnson, Ronald ^a   Kim, Mira ^a   Mckee, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMEDIAL TEACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 70449108516     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20090716-06     Document Type: Article

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