A survey into student nurses' attitudes towards mental illness: Implications for nurse training

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-332

  Schafer, Tim ^a   Wood, Steve ^a   Williams, Rena ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Mental Health; Pre registration nursing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 79954628628     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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