Factors influencing nursing students' academic and clinical performance and attrition: An integrative literature review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 903-913

  Pitt, Victoria ^a   Powis, David ^b   Levett Jones, Tracy ^a   Hunter, Sharyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attrition; Clinical performance; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84868302776     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.011     Document Type: Review

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