Predictors of students' success in community college nursing programs

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 489-495

  Seago, Jean Ann ^a   Keane, Dennis ^a   Chen, Eric ^a   Spetz, Joanne ^a   Grumbach, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84866395464     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20120730-03     Document Type: Article

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