Addressing the challenges of nursing student attrition

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Harris, Robin C ^a   Rosenberg, Lisa ^b   O'Rourke, Marilyn E Grace ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84891863958     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20131218-03     Document Type: Article

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