What's stopping a career in gerontological nursing?

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Neville, Christine ^a   Dickie, Robyn ^a   Goetz, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW;

AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS;

EID: 84892523978     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20131126-02     Document Type: Review

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