Factors related to academic success among nursing students: A descriptive correlational research study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 918-923

  Beauvais, Audrey M ^a   Stewart, Julie G ^a   DeNisco, Susan ^a   Beauvais, John E ^b  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Attrition; Emotional intelligence; Nursing education; Nursing students; Psychological empowerment; Resilience; Retention

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPIRITUALITY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84900420721     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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