Scope of practice and the nurse practitioner: Regulation, competency, expansion, and evolution

Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Klein, Tracy A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State Board of Nursing   (United States)

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EID: 38549163596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15352250     Source Type: Journal    
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