Bachelor of Nursing students career choices: A three-year longitudinal study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  McCann, Terence V ^a   Clark, Eileen ^b   Lu, Sai ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Clarks Clerks   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bachelor of Nursing; Career preferences; Longitudinal study; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71349083846     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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