Creating walking tracks to success: A narrative analysis of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing students’ stories of success

Collegian

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 349-354

  West, Roianne ^a   Foster, Kim ^b   Stewart, Lee ^c   Usher, Kim ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Indigenous; Narrative analysis; Nurses; Resilience; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NARRATIVE; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WALKING;

EID: 84995466974     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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