Needing to be normal: The lived experience of chronically Ill nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dailey, Mary Ann ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Normal; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; PENNSYLVANIA; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77953153589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1798     Document Type: Article

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