Mature age students access, entry and success in nurse education: An action research study

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Kenny, Amanda ^a   Nankervis, Katrina ^b   Kidd, Tracy ^a   Connell, Sarah ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Monash University and Bendigo Health Care Group   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mature age; Nurse education; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959754353     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.106     Document Type: Article

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