The case against the DNP: History, timing, substance, marginalization

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Meleis, Afaf I ^a,b,c   Dracup, Kathleen ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Francis C Wood Institute for the History of Medicine   (United States)

^c Institute of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

DNP; Doctoral education; History; Marginalization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCIENCE;

EID: 26444529453     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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