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The Influence Of Nursing Faculty Role Models In Predominately Black Colleges On Students' Professional Practice Expectations, Dorothy Lewis Powell

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This study examines the relationship between nursing faculty role models and students in Predominately Black Colleges (PBCs) and students' expectations for professional practice, including choices to work in health care underserved urban communities. The following questions guided this research: (1) Does the interaction between students and their role models influence students' expectations for professional practice; (2) Do role models' involvement with lower income patients in urban settings influence students' preferences to work or not to work in such settings; and (3) Do recent graduates accept employment in the settings they preferred as students?;A 35 item questionnaire derived, in part, from …