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Pre-registration nursing degree students in rural Victoria: Characteristics and career aspirations

  • Melanie Birks, PhD, RN, MEd, BN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Northways Road, Churchill, Vic., 3842, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 5122 6634.
    • ,
  • Mohammad Al-Motlaq, MBS, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Northways Road, Churchill, Vic., 3842, Australia
    • ,
  • Jane Mills, PhD, MN, BN, MEd, Grad Cert Edu (Tert Teach), FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, James Cook University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, Cairns Campus, Smithfield, Queensland 4878, Australia

Received 26 March 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.07.001

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