Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 382-388 , November 2008

Change in the health promoting lifestyle behaviour of Turkish University nursing students from beginning to end of nurse training

  • Şule Ecevit Alpar

      Affiliations

    • Marmara University, School of Nursing, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Hemşirelik Esasları Anabilim Dalı, Tıbbiye Cad. No. 49, 81326 Haydarpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 216 4181606; fax: +90 216 4183773.
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  • Leman Şenturan

      Affiliations

    • Halic Universıty, School of Nursing, Turkey
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  • Ükke Karabacak

      Affiliations

    • Marmara University, School of Nursing, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Hemşirelik Esasları Anabilim Dalı, Tıbbiye Cad. No. 49, 81326 Haydarpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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  • Necmiye Sabuncu

      Affiliations

    • Halic Universıty, School of Nursing, Turkey

,Accepted 30 March 2008.

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PII: S1471-5953(08)00034-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.03.010

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 382-388 , November 2008