Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 376-386 , October 2009

Nursing Students' Attitudes to Mental Health Nursing: Psychometric Properties of a Self-report Scale

  • Brenda Happell

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Brenda Happell, RN, RPN, BA (Hons), Dip Ed, B Ed, M Ed, PhD, Professor of Contemporary Nursing, Department of Health Innovation, University Australia, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia.
    • ,
  • Karla Gough (nee Hayman-White)

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.10.005

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 376-386 , October 2009

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