Motivations to nurse: An exploration of what motivates students in Pacific Island countries to enter nursing

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-454

  Usher, Kim ^a   West, Caryn ^a   Macmanus, Mary ^b   Waqa, Silina ^c   Stewart, Lee ^a   Henry, Renee ^a   Lindsay, David ^a   Conaglen, Jo ^b   Hall, Julianne ^b   Mcauliffe, Marie ^a   Redman Maclaren, Michelle ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Career choice; Motivation; Nursing; Pacific Islands; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CAREER CHOICE; MOTIVATION; NURSING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CAREER CHOICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NURSING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84884951658     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12095     Document Type: Article

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