A nursing career in mental health care: Choices and motives of nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-8

 

^a J)   (Netherlands)

^b B) van   (Netherlands)

^c G) van der   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Nursing students; Perception; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 71249164383     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.018     Document Type: Review

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