What predicts the selection of nursing as a career choice in 5th and 6th year school students?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 588-593

  Neilson, Gavin R ^a   Jones, Martyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice predictors; Nursing as a career choice; Recruitment; School students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84862562217     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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