Registered nurses returning to school for a bachelor's degree in nursing: Issues emerging from a meta-analysis of the research

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Altmann, Tanya K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Continuing education; Literature review; Nursing; Post registration education; RN BSN

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052103394     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.39.2.256     Document Type: Review

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