Faculty ratings of retention strategies for minority nursing students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-220

  Baker, Barbara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority students; Nurse faculty; Retention strategies; Student retention; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TEACHING; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 78049426552     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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