Why did I become a nurse? Personality traits and reasons for entering nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1546-1555

  Eley, Diann ^a   Eley, Rob ^b   Bertello, Marisa ^b   Rogers Clark, Cath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing students; Personality; Qualitative research; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSES; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862651662     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05955.x     Document Type: Article

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