Is a baccalaureate in nursing worth it? the return to education, 2000-2008

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6 PART1, 2013, Pages 1859-1878

  Spetz, Joanne ^a   Bates, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Registered nurses; School choice; Wages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB EXPERIENCE; LICENCE; NURSING CAREER; NURSING EDUCATION; REGISTERED NURSE; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTERED NURSES; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SCHOOL CHOICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; WAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

REGISTERED NURSES; SCHOOL CHOICE; WAGES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892959837     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12104     Document Type: Article

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