Expectations and voluntary attrition in nursing students

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-63

  O'Donnell, Hugh ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurse education; Student attrition; Student expectations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STUDENT; STUDENT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649962485     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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