Who enters nursing schools and why do they choose nursing? A comparison with female non-nursing students using longitudinal data

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Cho, Sung Hyun ^a   Jung, So Young ^a   Jang, Sunyoung ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Career choice; Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 73749088266     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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