The influence of personal qualities on performance and progression in a pre-registration nursing programme

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 866-871

  Pitt, Victoria ^a   Powis, David ^b   Levett Jones, Tracy ^a   Hunter, Sharyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Attrition; Clinical performance; Nursing students; Personal qualities

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84897086462     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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