Vocation, friendship and resilience: A study exploring nursing student and staff views on retention and attrition

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Williamson, Graham R ^a   Health, Val ^a   Proctor Childs, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Qualitative research; Retention; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888054610     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601307010149     Document Type: Article

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