Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 193-198 , July 2005

Gender and students’ vocational choices in entering the field of nursing

  • Leehu Zysberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Leehu Zysberg, College of Nursing, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, 98122
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  • Devon M. Berry, RN, PhD

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PII: S0029-6554(05)00086-2

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.05.001

Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 193-198 , July 2005