The Doctor of Nursing Practice: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Apold, Susan ^a  

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Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; doctor of nursing practice; nursing education

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949208471     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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