Stressors, academic performance, and learned resourcefulness in baccalaureate nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Goff, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; learned resourcefulness; nursing students; stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951548732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.2114     Document Type: Article

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