Mentoring women faculty of color in nursing academia: Creating an environment that supports scholarly growth and retention

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Mkandawire Valhmu, Lucy ^a   Kako, Peninnah M ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; PREJUDICE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954880381     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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