Community/public health nursing practice leaders' views of the doctorate of nursing practice

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-411

  Swider, Susan M ^a   Levin, Pamela ^a   Cowell, Julia ^a   Breakwell, Susan ^a   Holland, Pearl ^b   Wallinder, Janet ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Neighborhood Health Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing practice; Graduate nursing education; Home health care; Hospice; Occupational health; Public health nursing education; Public health nursing practice; School health.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 70350325545     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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