Undergraduate nurse variables that predict academic achievement and clinical competence in nursing

International Education Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-236

  Blackman, Ian ^a   Hall, Margaret ^a   Darmawan Ngurah, I Gusti ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement; Partial least squares path analysis; Predictor variables; Undergraduate nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349108966     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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