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 this paper looks at factors shaping the decision to enter nursing as a career. Evidence from three different Australian sources is drawn upon: a national panel survey of young school leavers, a survey of first year university students in WA and in-depth...

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Main Authors:	Dockery, Alfred Michael, Barns, Angela
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	National Institute of Labour Studies 2005
Online Access:	http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=010987174065369;res=IELBUS http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41533

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