Factors associated with nursing students' academic success or failure: A retrospective Italian multicenter study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Dante, A ^a   Valoppi, G ^b   Saiani, L ^c   Palese, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic failure; Academic success; Attrition; Bachelor's degree; Bologna Declaration; Bologna process; Determinants; Factors; Nursing student

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAPE RECORDING; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650031765     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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