Degrees of ambivalence: Attitudes towards pre-registration university education for nurses in Britain, 1930-1960

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-583

  Brooks, Jane ^a   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; History; Nursing education; Professional education; University

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77954539012     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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