Linguistic diversity as sociodemographic predictor of nursing program progression and completion

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 84-93

  Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^b,c   Clauson, Jennifer ^a   Jacobs, Sharon ^a   Cleary, Michelle ^a   Jackson, Debra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Family and Community Health Research Group FaCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attrition; Cultural diversity; Nursing students; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959708931     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.84     Document Type: Article

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