Academic success and failure factors of the nursing students: A narrative literature review;Fattori di successo e di insuccesso accademico degli studenti infermieri: Revisione narrativa della letteratura

International Nursing Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Dante, A ^a   Valoppi, G ^b   Palese, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic success; Achievement; Attrition; Nursing student; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149101600     PISSN: 15926478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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