Becoming a nurse in Italy: A multi-method study on expenditures by families and students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Palese, A ^a   Achil, I ^a   Bulfone, G ^a   Bulfone, T ^a   Caporale, L ^b   Comisso, I ^a   Comand, F ^b   Fabris, S ^a   Urli, N ^a   Zanini, A ^a   Zuliani, S ^a   Bortoluzzi, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Teaching Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost; Economical crisis; Family expenditure; Financial crisis; Nursing education; Student expenditures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; ITALY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FAMILY; HUMANS; ITALY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84868273979     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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