Creating a path: American Indian/Alaska native high school students pursuing college and a career in nursing

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Katz, Janet R ^a   Smart, Denise ^a   Paul, Robbie ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college and nursing; indigenous; nursing education; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77955248505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1971     Document Type: Article

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