Academic staff perceptions of factors underlying program completion by Australian Indigenous nursing students

Qualitative Report

Volumn , Issue 12, 2014, Pages

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

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Completion rates; Critical qualitative study; Indigenous undergraduate nursing students; Strategies; Strengths based

Indexed keywords

EID: 85116185158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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