Social capital and the nursing student experience

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-254

  Taylor, Ruth ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing education; Social capital; Student experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84857092803     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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