Admission criteria for undergraduate nursing programs: A systematic review

Nurse Educator

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 171-174

  Schmidt, Bonnie ^a   MacWilliams, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 79959826396     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0b013e31821fdb9d     Document Type: Review

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