Can summits lead to curricula change? An evaluation of Emergency Preparedness Summits for Schools of Nursing in Georgia

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 210-215

  Buyum, Arielle ^a   Dubruiel, Nicole ^b   Torghele, Karen ^c   Alperin, Melissa ^b   Miner, Kathleen R ^b  

^a Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Public Health Informatics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 68149091252     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20090422-04     Document Type: Article

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