BSN Program Admittance Criteria: Should Emotional Intelligence Be Included?

Nursing Forum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 50-54

  Smith, Tanya ^a  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; nursing; standard admission criterion

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE; OCCUPATION; SOUND; STUDENT; EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 85011665156     PISSN: 00296473     EISSN: 17446198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12166     Document Type: Article

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