Attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students toward older adults: 4 Pilot study

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-183

  Swanlund, Susan ^a   Kujath, Amber ^b  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; NURSING EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863926638     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-33.3.181     Document Type: Article

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