Attrition and retention in the nursing major: Understanding persistence in beginning nursing students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 362-367

  Williams, Margaret G ^a  

^a Blessing Rieman College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Nursing education; Nursing students; Persistence; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79952165919     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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