Implementing a clinical academic career pathway in nursing; Criteria for success and challenges ahead

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Latter, Sue ^a,b   Clark, Jill MacLeod ^a,c   Geddes, Cathy ^d   Kitsell, Fleur ^e  

^a Department of Nursing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d South Central Strategic Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Education South Central   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical academic careers; Clinical research; Research capability; Research capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449194179     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987108102003     Document Type: Article

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