Caring for our own: The role of institutionalized support structures in native american nursing student success

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 524-531

  Cech, Erin A ^a   Metz, Anneke M ^b   Babcock, Tracy ^c   Smith, Jessi L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LEARNING; MONTANA; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 80052502964     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20110517-01     Document Type: Article

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