Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Intention to Choose a Public Health Career

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 424-432

  Larsen, Rachelle ^a   Reif, Luann ^a   Frauendienst, Renee ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stearns County Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Program evaluation; Public health nursing education; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84865570179     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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