Supporting disabled student nurses from registration to qualification: A review of the United Kingdom (UK) literature

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Storr, Helen ^a   Wray, Jane ^b   Draper, Peter ^b  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Student nurses; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755163558     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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