Perceptions of nursing profession and learning experiences of male students in baccalaureate nursing program in Changsha, China

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Wang, Honghong ^a   Li, Xianhong ^b   Hu, Xiaoping ^a   Chen, Haihua ^a   Gao, Yanna ^a   Zhao, Huifang ^a   Huang, Ling ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Learning experience; Male nursing student; Nursing education; Perception of nursing; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; TRUST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650014679     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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