Equality of employment opportunities for nurses at the point of qualification: An exploratory study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-313

  Harris, Ruth ^a   Ooms, Ann ^a   Grant, Robert ^a   Marshall Lucette, Sylvie ^a   Chu, Christine Sek Fun ^a   Sayer, Jane ^b   Burke, Linda ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Ethnicity; Newly qualified nurses; Occupational inequality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPLOYMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873268943     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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