The Graduate Record Examination: Help or Hindrance in Nursing Graduate School Admissions?

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 369-372

  Katz, Julie R ^a   Chow, Carolyn ^a   Motzer, Sandra Adams ^a   Woods, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; GPA; GRE; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, NURSING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 70449723256     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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