A pilot program for limited english proficiency high school immigrant students.
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Limited English proficiency immigrant students have a high risk of dropping out of high school, resulting in significantly restricted employment opportunities. At the same time, the nursing profession is desperately in need of increased ethnic diversity in the workforce to better serve its diverse patient population. Recognizing both of these situations, a group of nursing students from Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing created a pilot program to introduce a group of limited English proficiency immigrant students to the field of nursing.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nurse educator
دوره 32 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007