Graduating nursing students' perceived preparedness for working in critical care areas

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2229-2236

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Raymond, Debra ^a   Knox, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Critical care; Graduate nurse; Nursing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865977689     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05911.x     Document Type: Article

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