Not choosing nursing: Work experience and career choice of high academic achieving school leavers

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Neilson, Gavin R ^a   McNally, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice; Departments of nursing; High achieving pupils; Nurse camps; Nursing; Paradigmatic cases; Work experience; Work placements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 71349087415     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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