Who'd be a nurse? Some evidence on career choice in Australia

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Who'd be a nurse? Some evidence on career choice in Australia

In the context of on-going shortages of nurses, both in Australia and overseas,this paper looks at the factors shaping the decision to enter nursing as acareer. Evidence from four different Australian sources is drawn upon: anational panel survey of young school leavers, a survey of first year unive...

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Main Authors:	Barns, Angela, Dockery, Alfred Michael
Format:	Working Paper
Published:	Curtin University of Technology 2005
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19087

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