Graduate entry to practice in nursing: Exploring demographic characteristics of commencing students

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 49-55

  McKenna, Lisa ^a   Vanderheide, Rebecca ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated program; Graduate entry; Masters; Nursing; Pre registration; Second degree

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859826317     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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