Factors affecting nursing students' intention to work with older people in China

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-223

  Shen, Jun ^a   Xiao, Lily Dongxia ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageism; Gerontological nursing; Nursing students; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857123407     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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