Hispanic nursing students' journey to success: A metasynthesis

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 504-513

  Alicea Planas, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949101212     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20090610-04     Document Type: Article

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