The use of selective admissions tools to predict students' success in an advanced standing baccalaureate nursing program

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-606

  Timer, Jennifer E ^a   Clauson, Marion I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Admission criteria; Baccalaureate nursing

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960201405     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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