Nursing student profiles and occurrence of early academic failure: Findings from an explorative European study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-81

  Dante, Angelo ^a   Ferrão, Sónia ^b   Jarosova, Darja ^c   Lancia, Loreto ^d   Nascimento, Carla ^b   Notara, Venetia ^e   Pokorna, Andrea ^f   Rybarova, Lubica ^g   Skela Savič, Brigita ^h   Palese, Alvisa ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^f MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^h Faculty of Health Care Jesenice   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bologna process; Early academic failure; European; Explorative study; Intention to leave; Nursing education; Nursing student; Profile

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXPECTATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FOREIGN STUDENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ROLE; NURSING SCIENCE; NURSING STUDENT; VALIDITY; WORKLOAD; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL DROPOUT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961050784     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.12.013     Document Type: Article

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